diff --git a/jjb/smo-ves/smo-ves.yaml b/jjb/smo-ves/smo-ves.yaml
index 5bb5c6a..de70a93 100644
--- a/jjb/smo-ves/smo-ves.yaml
+++ b/jjb/smo-ves/smo-ves.yaml
@@ -46,3 +46,23 @@
     build-node: centos7-docker-2c-8g
     jobs:
       - '{project-name}-gerrit-release-jobs'
+
+- project:
+    <<: *ves_docker_common
+    name: smo-ves-sonarqube
+    python-version: python3
+    # the install script assumes an ubuntu image
+    build-node: ubuntu1804-builder-2c-2g
+    # pre-build-script: !include-raw-escape:
+    #   - ../shell/install-deb-rmr.sh
+    sonar-project-file: ""
+    sonar-properties: |
+      sonar.login={sonarcloud_api_token}
+      sonar.projectKey={sonarcloud_project_organization}_{project-name}
+      sonar.projectName={project-name}
+      sonar.organization={sonarcloud_project_organization}
+      sonar.build.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
+      sonar.sources=a1
+      sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml
+      jobs:
+        - gerrit-tox-sonarqube