diff --git a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
index 46fe2481..366a7545 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Shared project-templates specific to the OpenStack Project
 
+- project-template:
+    name: system-required
+    description: |
+      Jobs that *every* project in OpenStack CI should have by default.
+    merge-check:
+      jobs:
+        - noop
+
 - project-template:
     name: build-openstack-sphinx-docs
     description: |