diff --git a/devstack/lib/watcher b/devstack/lib/watcher
index ec1da4f45..91d5e8cef 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/watcher
+++ b/devstack/lib/watcher
@@ -341,6 +341,19 @@ function stop_watcher {
     done
 }
 
+# configure_tempest_for_watcher() - Configure Tempest for watcher
+function configure_tempest_for_watcher {
+    # Set default microversion for watcher-tempest-plugin
+    # Please make sure to update this when the microversion is updated, otherwise
+    # new tests may be skipped.
+    TEMPEST_WATCHER_MIN_MICROVERSION=${TEMPEST_WATCHER_MIN_MICROVERSION:-"1.0"}
+    TEMPEST_WATCHER_MAX_MICROVERSION=${TEMPEST_WATCHER_MAX_MICROVERSION:-"1.4"}
+
+    # Set microversion options in tempest.conf
+    iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG optimize min_microversion $TEMPEST_WATCHER_MIN_MICROVERSION
+    iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG optimize max_microversion $TEMPEST_WATCHER_MAX_MICROVERSION
+}
+
 # Restore xtrace
 $_XTRACE_WATCHER
 
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index b58b6949b..a6b1f54d1 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ if is_service_enabled watcher-api watcher-decision-engine watcher-applier; then
         # Start the watcher components
         echo_summary "Starting watcher"
         start_watcher
+    elif [[ "$1" == "stack" && "$2" == "test-config" ]]; then
+        echo_summary "Configuring tempest for watcher"
+        configure_tempest_for_watcher
     fi
 
     if [[ "$1" == "unstack" ]]; then