diff --git a/api/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml b/api/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml
index 191dddb5..da660352 100644
--- a/api/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml
+++ b/api/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,29 @@ spec:
                     default: ""
                     description: ExcludeList
                     type: string
+                  externalPluginChangeURL:
+                    default: ""
+                    description: ExternalPluginsChangeURL should be used together
+                      with ExternalPluginsRefspec. These two variables specify which
+                      changes should be download from gerrit/github for each downloaded
+                      plugin (see ExternalPluginGitURL). Both variables are comma
+                      separated lists.
+                    type: string
+                  externalPluginRefspec:
+                    default: ""
+                    description: ExternalPluginsChangeURL should be used together
+                      with ExternalPluginsRefspecs. These two variables specify which
+                      changes should be download from gerrit/github for each downloaded
+                      plugin (see ExternalPluginGitURL). Both variables are comma
+                      separated lists.
+                    type: string
+                  externalPluginURL:
+                    default: ""
+                    description: ExternalPluginsURL is a comma separated list of URLs
+                      that point to git repositories that should be installed within
+                      the tempest container. If this option is specified then only
+                      tests from the external plugins are executed.
+                    type: string
                   includeList:
                     default: tempest.api.identity.v3
                     description: IncludeList
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/tempest_types.go b/api/v1beta1/tempest_types.go
index e8bbcee7..8f10703a 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/tempest_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/tempest_types.go
@@ -71,6 +71,30 @@ type TempestRunSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:default:=""
 	// WorkerFile is the detailed concurrency spec file
 	WorkerFile string `json:"workerFile,omitempty"`
+
+        // +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+        // +kubebuilder:default:=""
+        // ExternalPluginsURL is a comma separated list of URLs that point
+        // to git repositories that should be installed within the tempest
+        // container. If this option is specified then only tests from the
+        // external plugins are executed.
+        ExternalPluginGitURL string `json:"externalPluginURL,omitempty"`
+
+        // +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+        // +kubebuilder:default:=""
+        // ExternalPluginsChangeURL should be used together with
+        // ExternalPluginsRefspec. These two variables specify which changes
+        // should be download from gerrit/github for each downloaded plugin
+        // (see ExternalPluginGitURL). Both variables are comma separated lists.
+        ExternalPluginChangeURL string `json:"externalPluginChangeURL,omitempty"`
+
+        // +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+        // +kubebuilder:default:=""
+        // ExternalPluginsChangeURL should be used together with
+        // ExternalPluginsRefspecs. These two variables specify which changes
+        // should be download from gerrit/github for each downloaded plugin
+        // (see ExternalPluginGitURL). Both variables are comma separated lists.
+        ExternalPluginRefspec string `json:"externalPluginRefspec,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TempestSpec PythonTempestconf parts
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml b/config/crd/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml
index 191dddb5..da660352 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/test.openstack.org_tempests.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,29 @@ spec:
                     default: ""
                     description: ExcludeList
                     type: string
+                  externalPluginChangeURL:
+                    default: ""
+                    description: ExternalPluginsChangeURL should be used together
+                      with ExternalPluginsRefspec. These two variables specify which
+                      changes should be download from gerrit/github for each downloaded
+                      plugin (see ExternalPluginGitURL). Both variables are comma
+                      separated lists.
+                    type: string
+                  externalPluginRefspec:
+                    default: ""
+                    description: ExternalPluginsChangeURL should be used together
+                      with ExternalPluginsRefspecs. These two variables specify which
+                      changes should be download from gerrit/github for each downloaded
+                      plugin (see ExternalPluginGitURL). Both variables are comma
+                      separated lists.
+                    type: string
+                  externalPluginURL:
+                    default: ""
+                    description: ExternalPluginsURL is a comma separated list of URLs
+                      that point to git repositories that should be installed within
+                      the tempest container. If this option is specified then only
+                      tests from the external plugins are executed.
+                    type: string
                   includeList:
                     default: tempest.api.identity.v3
                     description: IncludeList
diff --git a/config/samples/test_v1beta1_tempest.yaml b/config/samples/test_v1beta1_tempest.yaml
index de773703..64b61566 100644
--- a/config/samples/test_v1beta1_tempest.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/test_v1beta1_tempest.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ spec:
     # smoke: false
     # serial: false
     # parallel: true
+    # externalPluginURL: "URL1,URL2,URL3"
+    # externalPluginChangeURL: "URL1,-,URL3"
+    # externalPluginRefspec: "refspec1,-,refspec3"
   tempestconfRun:
     # NOTE: All parameters have default values (use only when you want to override
     #       the default behaviour)
diff --git a/controllers/tempest_controller.go b/controllers/tempest_controller.go
index 82bff502..b0d348d9 100644
--- a/controllers/tempest_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/tempest_controller.go
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ func setTempestConfigVars(envVars map[string]string,
 
 	// Int
 	envVars["TEMPEST_CONCURRENCY"] = getDefaultInt(tempestRun.Concurrency)
+
+	// String
+	envVars["TEMPEST_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_GIT_URL"] = tempestRun.ExternalPluginGitURL
+	envVars["TEMPEST_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_CHANGE_URL"] = tempestRun.ExternalPluginChangeURL
+	envVars["TEMPEST_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_REFSPEC"] = tempestRun.ExternalPluginRefspec
 }
 
 func setTempestconfConfigVars(envVars map[string]string,
diff --git a/docs/source/samples/tempest-config.yaml b/docs/source/samples/tempest-config.yaml
index 6a46d373..1bd3e12c 100644
--- a/docs/source/samples/tempest-config.yaml
+++ b/docs/source/samples/tempest-config.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ data:
   # TEMPEST_SMOKE: true
   # TEMPEST_PARALLEL: true
   # TEMPEST_SERIAL: true
+  # TEMPEST_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_GIT_URL: "URL1,URL2,URL3"
+  # TEMPEST_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_CHANGE_URL: "URL1,URL2,URL3"
+  # TEMPEST_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_REFSPEC: "refspec1,refspec2,refspec3"
 
   # TEMPESTCONF env variables:
   # --------------------------