diff --git a/generate-config-file.sh b/generate-config-file.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7ad939f702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-config-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+oslo-config-generator --output-file etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf \
+    --namespace ceilometer \
+    --namespace oslo.concurrency \
+    --namespace oslo.db \
+    --namespace oslo.log \
+    --namespace oslo.messaging \
+    --namespace oslo.policy \
+    --namespace oslo.service.service \
+    --namespace keystonemiddleware.auth_token
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 46910251b9..f8c1f3ffa3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 passenv = OS_TEST_TIMEOUT OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE OS_STDERR_CAPTURE OS_LOG_CAPTURE
 commands =
    python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args="{posargs}"
+   {toxinidir}/generate-config-file.sh
 whitelist_externals = bash
 
 # TODO(ityaptin): With separation tests to unit and functional folders we need
@@ -94,16 +95,7 @@ commands =
     bash -c "find ceilometer -type f -regex '.*\.pot?' -print0|xargs -0 -n 1 msgfmt --check-format -o /dev/null"
 
 [testenv:genconfig]
-commands =
-    oslo-config-generator --output-file etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf \
-    --namespace ceilometer \
-    --namespace oslo.concurrency \
-    --namespace oslo.db \
-    --namespace oslo.log \
-    --namespace oslo.messaging \
-    --namespace oslo.policy \
-    --namespace oslo.service.service \
-    --namespace keystonemiddleware.auth_token
+commands = {toxinidir}/generate-config-file.sh
 
 [testenv:docs]
 commands = python setup.py build_sphinx