diff --git a/playbooks/base-ozj/README.rst b/playbooks/base-ozj/README.rst
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+base-ozj
+--------
+
+These playbooks are used to select a minimal subset of the roles included in
+the base playbooks.
+
+It will do nothing else than what is explicitly necessary for any job to run
+properly.
diff --git a/playbooks/base-ozj/post-logs.yaml b/playbooks/base-ozj/post-logs.yaml
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+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+    - role: add-fileserver
+      fileserver: "{{ site_logs }}"
+    - role: ara-report
+
+- hosts: "{{ site_logs.fqdn }}"
+  roles:
+    - role: upload-logs
+      zuul_log_url: "http://logs.openstack.org"
diff --git a/playbooks/base-ozj/post.yaml b/playbooks/base-ozj/post.yaml
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+- hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - fetch-output
+
+- hosts: all
+  # NOTE(pabelanger): We ignore_errors for the following tasks as not to fail
+  # successful jobs.
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  roles:
+    - remove-build-sshkey
diff --git a/playbooks/base-ozj/pre.yaml b/playbooks/base-ozj/pre.yaml
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+- hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - add-build-sshkey
+    - start-zuul-console
+    - log-inventory
+    - role: validate-host
+      # TODO(mordred) When we have site-local variables, these should go there
+      zuul_traceroute_host: git.openstack.org
+      zuul_image_manifest: /etc/dib-builddate.txt
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
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--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -155,6 +155,40 @@
       - name: log_cloud_config
         secret: openstackinfra_vexxhost
 
+# TODO(pabelanger): Look to see if we can delete once topic:zuul-minimal-jobs is
+# finished.
+- job:
+    name: base-ozj
+    parent: null
+    abstract: true
+    description: |
+      A subset of what the 'base' job provides: the absolute minimum considered
+      required to run for any one job.
+      It doesn't set up cached git repositories, will not set up mirrors,
+      doesn't validate the node, etc.
+      It is meant to be used, amongst other things, to test roles and
+      playbooks that would otherwise be included by default as part of the
+      'base' job.
+      These tasks, if required, can be included by the dependant jobs
+      themselves on a need basis.
+    pre-run: playbooks/base-ozj/pre.yaml
+    post-run:
+      - playbooks/base-ozj/post.yaml
+      - playbooks/base-ozj/post-logs.yaml
+    roles:
+      - zuul: openstack-infra/zuul-jobs
+    vars:
+      ara_report_type: database
+      ara_report_path: ara-report
+    timeout: 1800
+    post-timeout: 1800
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: ubuntu-xenial
+          label: ubuntu-xenial
+    secrets:
+      - site_logs
+
 - job:
     name: publish-openstack-artifacts
     description: |