diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index cf0d95df..4ab145bc 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ nova_scheduler_program_name: nova-scheduler
 # If you want to regenerate the nova users SSH keys, on each run, set this var to True
 # Otherwise keys will be generated on the first run and not regenerated each run.
 nova_recreate_keys: False
+# Nova Ceph rbd
+# Enble and define nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool to use rbd as nova backend
+#nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool: vms
+nova_ceph_client: '{{ cinder_ceph_client }}'
+nova_ceph_client_uuid: 517a4663-3927-44bc-9ea7-4a90e1cd4c66
 
 ## General Neutron configuration
 # If ``nova_osapi_compute_workers`` is unset the system will use half the number of available VCPUS to
diff --git a/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/templates/nova.conf.j2
index 47e6bb3e..02b7aa78 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -239,3 +239,19 @@ use_virtio_for_bridges = True
 cpu_mode = {{ nova_cpu_mode }}
 virt_type = {{ nova_virt_type }}
 remove_unused_resized_minimum_age_seconds = {{ nova_remove_unused_resized_minimum_age_seconds }}
+
+{% if cinder_backends_rbd_inuse|bool or nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool is defined %}
+rbd_user = {{ nova_ceph_client }}
+rbd_secret_uuid = {{ nova_ceph_client_uuid }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool is defined %}
+# ceph rbd support
+images_type = rbd
+images_rbd_pool = {{ nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool }}
+images_rbd_ceph_conf = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+inject_password = false
+inject_key = false
+inject_partition = -2
+live_migration_flag="VIR_MIGRATE_UNDEFINE_SOURCE,VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER,VIR_MIGRATE_LIVE,VIR_MIGRATE_PERSIST_DEST"
+{% endif %}
+