diff --git a/autopkgtest.py b/autopkgtest.py
index 7bf7113..aa97c52 100644
--- a/autopkgtest.py
+++ b/autopkgtest.py
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ class AutoPackageTest(object):
                     triggers = _trigsources(verinfo, arch)
                     for t in sorted(triggers):
                         params = {'triggers': [t]}
+                        if self.britney.options.adt_ppas:
+                            params['ppas'] = self.britney.options.adt_ppas
                         requests.append((pkg, json.dumps(params)))
             arch_queues[arch] = ('debci-%s-%s' % (self.series, arch), requests)
 
diff --git a/britney.conf b/britney.conf
index 0d3d93f..2b8bf45 100644
--- a/britney.conf
+++ b/britney.conf
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ ADT_ARCHES        = amd64 i386 armhf ppc64el
 ADT_AMQP          = amqp://test_request:password@162.213.33.228
 # Swift base URL with the results (must be publicly readable and browsable)
 ADT_SWIFT_URL     = https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac
+# space separate list of PPAs to add for test requests; the *last* one
+# determines the swift container name
+ADT_PPAS          =
 
 BOOTTEST_ENABLE   = no
 BOOTTEST_DEBUG    = yes
diff --git a/britney.py b/britney.py
index 296b195..727c5b0 100755
--- a/britney.py
+++ b/britney.py
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ class Britney(object):
             else:
                 self.__log("Ignoring ADT_ARCHES %s as it is not in architectures list" % arch)
         self.options.adt_arches = adt_arches
+        self.options.adt_ppas = self.options.adt_ppas.strip().split()
 
     def __log(self, msg, type="I"):
         """Print info messages according to verbosity level
diff --git a/tests/test_autopkgtest.py b/tests/test_autopkgtest.py
index 60afc8d..5c28d36 100755
--- a/tests/test_autopkgtest.py
+++ b/tests/test_autopkgtest.py
@@ -1209,26 +1209,6 @@ lightgreen 1 i386 green 3
             {'lightgreen': [('old-version', '1'), ('new-version', '2')]}
         )
 
-    def test_disable_adt(self):
-        '''Run without autopkgtest requests'''
-
-        # Disable AMQP server config, to ensure we don't touch them with ADT
-        # disabled
-        for line in fileinput.input(self.britney_conf, inplace=True):
-            if line.startswith('ADT_ENABLE'):
-                print('ADT_ENABLE = no')
-            elif not line.startswith('ADT_AMQP') and not line.startswith('ADT_SWIFT_URL'):
-                sys.stdout.write(line)
-
-        exc = self.do_test(
-            [('libgreen1', {'Version': '2', 'Source': 'green', 'Depends': 'libc6'}, 'autopkgtest')],
-            {'green': (True, {})},
-            {'green': [('old-version', '1'), ('new-version', '2')]})[1]
-        self.assertNotIn('autopkgtest', exc['green']['tests'])
-
-        self.assertEqual(self.amqp_requests, set())
-        self.assertEqual(self.pending_requests, None)
-
     ################################################################
     # Tests for hint processing
     ################################################################
@@ -1565,6 +1545,50 @@ fancy 1 i386 linux-meta-lts-grumpy 1
             {'gcc-snapshot': (True, {})})[1]
         self.assertNotIn('autopkgtest', exc['gcc-snapshot']['tests'])
 
+    ################################################################
+    # Tests for non-default ADT_* configuration modes
+    ################################################################
+
+    def test_disable_adt(self):
+        '''Run without autopkgtest requests'''
+
+        # Disable AMQP server config, to ensure we don't touch them with ADT
+        # disabled
+        for line in fileinput.input(self.britney_conf, inplace=True):
+            if line.startswith('ADT_ENABLE'):
+                print('ADT_ENABLE = no')
+            elif not line.startswith('ADT_AMQP') and not line.startswith('ADT_SWIFT_URL'):
+                sys.stdout.write(line)
+
+        exc = self.do_test(
+            [('libgreen1', {'Version': '2', 'Source': 'green', 'Depends': 'libc6'}, 'autopkgtest')],
+            {'green': (True, {})},
+            {'green': [('old-version', '1'), ('new-version', '2')]})[1]
+        self.assertNotIn('autopkgtest', exc['green']['tests'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.amqp_requests, set())
+        self.assertEqual(self.pending_requests, None)
+
+    def test_ppas(self):
+        '''Run test requests with additional PPAs'''
+
+        for line in fileinput.input(self.britney_conf, inplace=True):
+            if line.startswith('ADT_PPAS'):
+                print('ADT_PPAS = joe/foo awesome-developers/staging')
+            else:
+                sys.stdout.write(line)
+
+        self.do_test(
+            [('lightgreen', {'Version': '2'}, 'autopkgtest')],
+            {'lightgreen': (True, {'lightgreen 2': {'amd64': 'RUNNING-ALWAYSFAILED'}})},
+            {'lightgreen': [('old-version', '1'), ('new-version', '2')]}
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.amqp_requests,
+                set(['debci-series-amd64:lightgreen {"triggers": ["lightgreen/2"], "ppas": ["joe/foo", "awesome-developers/staging"]}',
+                     'debci-series-i386:lightgreen {"triggers": ["lightgreen/2"], "ppas": ["joe/foo", "awesome-developers/staging"]}']))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()