diff --git a/jjb/cord-macros.yaml b/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
index 1cca914..c6a71db 100644
--- a/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
+++ b/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,27 @@
           reset-first: true
           depth: 1
 
+# same as lf-infra-gerrit-scm, but allows checkouts to a subdir of $WORKSPACE
+# with the `basedir` option
+#
+# `basedir` serves the same function as `destination-dir` in the repo scm
+# macros, seems strange that they're named differently.
+- scm:
+    name: cord-infra-gerrit-scm
+    scm:
+      - git:
+          credentials-id: '{jenkins-ssh-credential}'
+          url: '{git-url}'
+          refspec: '{refspec}'
+          branches:
+            - 'refs/heads/{branch}'
+          skip-tag: true
+          wipe-workspace: true
+          submodule:
+            recursive: '{submodule-recursive}'
+          choosing-strategy: '{choosing-strategy}'
+          basedir: '{basedir}'
+
 # download a specific patchset after checking out entire source tree with repo
 # docs: https://docs.openstack.org/infra/jenkins-job-builder/builders.html#builders.inject
 - builder:
diff --git a/jjb/defaults.yaml b/jjb/defaults.yaml
index d4b4232..3ab54c1 100644
--- a/jjb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/jjb/defaults.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     # by default, don't depend on other jobs
     dependency-jobs: ''
 
+    # SCM checkout locations within Jenkins Workspace
+    destination-dir: ''
+    basedir: ''
+
     # used to rename jobs if version/branch forking is required
     name-extension: ''
 
diff --git a/jjb/verify/abstract-olt.yaml b/jjb/verify/abstract-olt.yaml
index b84aa7c..6240946 100644
--- a/jjb/verify/abstract-olt.yaml
+++ b/jjb/verify/abstract-olt.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,93 @@
       - 'verify-licensed'
       - 'verify-sonarqube':
           dependency-jobs: 'verify_abstract-olt_licensed'
+      - 'abstract-olt-tests':
+          dependency-jobs: 'verify_abstract-olt_sonarqube'
+
+- job-template:
+    id: 'abstract-olt-tests'
+    name: 'verify_{project}_tests'
+
+    description: |
+      Created by {id} job-template from ci-management/jjb/verify/abstract-olt.yaml
+
+    triggers:
+      - cord-infra-gerrit-trigger-patchset:
+          gerrit-server-name: '{gerrit-server-name}'
+          project-regexp: '^{project}$'
+          branch-regexp: '{branch-regexp}'
+          dependency-jobs: '{dependency-jobs}'
+          file-include-regexp: '{all-files-regexp}'
+
+    properties:
+      - cord-infra-properties:
+          build-days-to-keep: '{build-days-to-keep}'
+          artifact-num-to-keep: '{artifact-num-to-keep}'
+
+    wrappers:
+      - lf-infra-wrappers:
+          build-timeout: 20
+          jenkins-ssh-credential: '{jenkins-ssh-credential}'
+
+    scm:
+      - cord-infra-gerrit-scm:
+          git-url: '$GIT_URL/$GERRIT_PROJECT'
+          refspec: ''
+          branch: '$GERRIT_BRANCH'
+          submodule-recursive: 'false'
+          choosing-strategy: default
+          jenkins-ssh-credential: '{jenkins-ssh-credential}'
+          basedir: '{project}'
+
+    node: 'ubuntu16.04-basebuild-1c-2g'
+    project-type: freestyle
+    concurrent: true
+
+    builders:
+      - cord-infra-gerrit-repo-patch:
+          destination-dir: 'cord'
+          project: '$GERRIT_PROJECT'
+          change-number: '$GERRIT_CHANGE_NUMBER'
+          patchset-number: '$GERRIT_PATCHSET_NUMBER'
+      - shell: |
+          #!/usr/bin/env bash
+          set -eux -o pipefail
+
+          export GOPATH=~/go
+          export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/go-1.10/bin:~/go/bin
+
+          # move code the proper location
+          mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/gerrit.opencord.org
+          mv abstract-olt $GOPATH/src/gerrit.opencord.org/abstract-olt
+
+          # get prereqs
+          go get -v github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway
+          go get -v github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/protoc-gen-swagger
+          go get -v github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+
+          pushd $GOPATH/src/gerrit.opencord.org/abstract-olt
+
+          make test
+
+          go test -v ./...  2>&1 | go-junit-report > $WORKSPACE/junit-report.xml
+
+          go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=count ./...
+          gocover-cobertura < coverage.txt > $WORKSPACE/coverage.xml
+
+          popd
+
+
+    publishers:
+      - junit:
+          results: "junit-report.xml"
+      - cobertura:
+          report-file: "coverage.xml"
+          targets:
+            - files:
+                healthy: 80
+                unhealthy: 0
+                failing: 0
+            - method:
+                healthy: 50
+                unhealthy: 0
+                failing: 0