diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index f4fdad9b33..39b9e1cc01 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -1136,9 +1136,11 @@ node 'codesearch.openstack.org' {
 node /.*wheel-mirror-.*\.openstack\.org/ {
   $group = 'wheel-mirror'
   include openstack_project
+
   class { 'openstack_project::wheel_mirror_slave':
     sysadmins                      => hiera('sysadmins', []),
     jenkins_ssh_public_key         => $openstack_project::jenkins_ssh_key,
+    wheel_keytab                   => hiera("wheel_keytab"),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/wheel_mirror_slave.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/wheel_mirror_slave.pp
index 8c1e59c5ac..252bb387d1 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/wheel_mirror_slave.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/wheel_mirror_slave.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,18 @@ class openstack_project::wheel_mirror_slave (
   $sysadmins = [],
   $jenkins_gitfullname = 'OpenStack Jenkins',
   $jenkins_gitemail = 'jenkins@openstack.org',
+  $wheel_keytab = undef,
 ) {
+
+  if( $wheel_keytab ) {
+    file { "/etc/wheel.keytab":
+      owner   => 'root',
+      group   => 'root',
+      mode    => '0400',
+      content => $wheel_keytab,
+    }
+  }
+
   class { 'openstack_project::slave':
     sysadmins           => $sysadmins,
     ssh_key             => $jenkins_ssh_public_key,