diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/devstack-gate.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/devstack-gate.yaml
index 779001bef0..28f0c614c2 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/devstack-gate.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/devstack-gate.yaml
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_FULL=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_POSTGRES=1
-          export DEVSTACK_GATE_ZEROMQ=1
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_MQ_DRIVER="zeromq"
           export BRANCH_OVERRIDE={branch-override}
           if [ "$BRANCH_OVERRIDE" != "default" ] ; then
               export ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE