diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml
index 0c2ff8959eccb964f02704e36b8af1d9b93e6c3c..94e2ac4016f217ea7ec78fb3eae1482fa05350b3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ trove_services:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-api/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
       - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
       - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
+      - "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory ~ '/trove/trove:/var/lib/kolla/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/trove' if trove_dev_mode | bool else '' }}"
       - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
   trove-conductor:
     container_name: trove_conductor
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ trove_services:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-conductor/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
       - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
       - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
+      - "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory ~ '/trove/trove:/var/lib/kolla/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/trove' if trove_dev_mode | bool else '' }}"
       - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
   trove-taskmanager:
     container_name: trove_taskmanager
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ trove_services:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-taskmanager/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
       - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
       - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
+      - "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory ~ '/trove/trove:/var/lib/kolla/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/trove' if trove_dev_mode | bool else '' }}"
       - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
 
 
@@ -73,3 +76,11 @@ trove_logging_debug: "{{ openstack_logging_debug }}"
 trove_keystone_user: "trove"
 
 openstack_trove_auth: "{{ openstack_auth }}"
+
+
+####################
+# Kolla
+####################
+trove_git_repository: "{{ kolla_dev_repos_git }}/{{ project_name }}"
+trove_dev_repos_pull: "{{ kolla_dev_repos_pull }}"
+trove_dev_mode: "{{ kolla_dev_mode }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/handlers/main.yml
index 4dd46d2199c78e0a1859b28b6a6ab861f9cdff46..5f85426750a38c43f19d118378ba2896fda03f9e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/handlers/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
     name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
     image: "{{ service.image }}"
-    volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
+    volumes: "{{ service.volumes|reject('equalto', '')|list }}"
   when:
     - kolla_action != "config"
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
     name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
     image: "{{ service.image }}"
-    volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
+    volumes: "{{ service.volumes|reject('equalto', '')|list }}"
   when:
     - kolla_action != "config"
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
     name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
     image: "{{ service.image }}"
-    volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
+    volumes: "{{ service.volumes|reject('equalto', '')|list }}"
   when:
     - kolla_action != "config"
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml
index f6434751329a719a420d6e36cb525d33901aa925..7a6811b0796ba2e88b08c836d43ab64d5ef07640 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
       BOOTSTRAP:
     name: "bootstrap_trove"
     restart_policy: "never"
-    volumes: "{{ trove_api.volumes }}"
+    volumes: "{{ trove_api.volumes|reject('equalto', '')|list }}"
   run_once: True
   delegate_to: "{{ groups[trove_api.group][0] }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/clone.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/clone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5837eacf2593e7cf5376fdb1f001801612959a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/clone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Cloning trove source repository for development
+  git:
+    repo: "{{ trove_git_repository }}"
+    dest: "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory }}/{{ project_name }}"
+    update: "{{ trove_dev_repos_pull }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml
index 925a09aa0a064191b04b1ae7908f7faf20e3032c..0554848cb6d2995308700393dee3d126f2159e2c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
     name: "{{ item.value.container_name }}"
     image: "{{ item.value.image }}"
-    volumes: "{{ item.value.volumes }}"
+    volumes: "{{ item.value.volumes|reject('equalto', '')|list }}"
   register: check_trove_containers
   when:
     - kolla_action != "config"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml
index 80a1326be2817e7a3d972e25fc8257ed53a0b1f7..484571f6a5e4feabf9d170aed8237eab051bcde7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
         inventory_hostname in groups['trove-conductor'] or
         inventory_hostname in groups['trove-taskmanager']
 
+- include: clone.yml
+  when: trove_dev_mode | bool
+
 - include: bootstrap.yml
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-api']