diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/gerrit/acls/stackforge/ec2-api.config b/modules/openstack_project/files/gerrit/acls/stackforge/ec2-api.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b291535c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/gerrit/acls/stackforge/ec2-api.config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[access "refs/heads/*"]
+        label-Code-Review = -2..+2 group ec2-api-core
+        label-Workflow = -1..+1 group ec2-api-core
+        abandon = group ec2-api-core
+[access "refs/tags/*"]
+        pushSignedTag = group ec2-api-ptl
+[receive]
+        requireChangeId = true
+        requireContributorAgreement = true
+[submit]
+        mergeContent = true
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml
index c940b6ae85..a01c0cd17e 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml
@@ -2529,6 +2529,15 @@
     jobs:
       - python-jobs
 
+- project:
+    name: ec2-api
+    github-org: stackforge
+    node: bare-precise
+    tarball-site: tarballs.openstack.org
+
+    jobs:
+      - python-jobs
+
 - project:
     name: gnocchi
     github-org: stackforge
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/review.projects.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/review.projects.yaml
index 98fbfd8d6a..628111e088 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/review.projects.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/review.projects.yaml
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@
 - project: stackforge/driverlog
   description: Vendor drivers for OpenStack
   upstream: git://github.com/Mirantis/oscp.git
+- project: stackforge/ec2-api
+  description: AWS EC2 and VPC API support in standalone service for OpenStack. At first uses nova's EC2 API for non-VPC functionality. Later it'll be transferred here out of nova.
 - project: stackforge/entropy
   description: A framework for Audit/Repair scripts for openstack
 - project: stackforge/fuel-astute
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
index a20c54565e..c9d3dc30f4 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -1600,6 +1600,16 @@ projects:
       - gate-gce-api-python26
       - gate-gce-api-python27
 
+  - name: stackforge/ec2-api
+    template:
+      - name: check-requirements
+    check:
+      - gate-ec2-api-pep8
+      - gate-ec2-api-python27
+    gate:
+      - gate-ec2-api-pep8
+      - gate-ec2-api-python27
+
   - name: openstack/governance
     check:
       - noop