diff --git a/devstack/dsconf.py b/devstack/dsconf.py
index 8173420..4b1d4dc 100644
--- a/devstack/dsconf.py
+++ b/devstack/dsconf.py
@@ -134,8 +134,20 @@ class LocalConf(object):
         self.fname = fname
 
     def _conf(self, group, conf):
-        in_section = False
         current_section = ""
+        for line in self._section(group, conf):
+            m = re.match("\[([^\[\]]+)\]", line)
+            if m:
+                current_section = m.group(1)
+                continue
+            else:
+                m2 = re.match(r"(\w+)\s*\=\s*(.+)", line)
+                if m2:
+                    yield current_section, m2.group(1), m2.group(2)
+
+    def _section(self, group, conf):
+        """Yield all the lines out of a meta section."""
+        in_section = False
         with open(self.fname) as reader:
             for line in reader.readlines():
                 if re.match(r"\[\[%s\|%s\]\]" % (
@@ -149,18 +161,15 @@ class LocalConf(object):
                 elif re.match("\[\[.*\|.*\]\]", line):
                     in_section = False
                     continue
-
                 if in_section:
-                    m = re.match("\[([^\[\]]+)\]", line)
-                    if m:
-                        current_section = m.group(1)
-                        continue
-                    else:
-                        m2 = re.match(r"(\w+)\s*\=\s*(.+)", line)
-                        if m2:
-                            yield current_section, m2.group(1), m2.group(2)
+                    yield line
 
     def extract(self, group, conf, target):
         ini_file = IniFile(target)
         for section, name, value in self._conf(group, conf):
             ini_file.set(section, name, value)
+
+    def extract_localrc(self, target):
+        with open(target, "a+") as f:
+            for line in self._section("local", "localrc"):
+                f.write(line)
diff --git a/devstack/tests/test_localconf_extract.py b/devstack/tests/test_localconf_extract.py
index 499a381..bb38cc3 100644
--- a/devstack/tests/test_localconf_extract.py
+++ b/devstack/tests/test_localconf_extract.py
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ global_physnet_mtu=1450
 compute = auto
 """
 
+LOCALRC = """a = 1
+c = b
+"""
+
+LOCALRC_RES = """a = 1
+c = b
+a = b
+c = d
+f = 1
+"""
+
 NOVA = """[upgrade_levels]
 compute = auto
 """
@@ -114,3 +125,16 @@ class TestLcExtract(testtools.TestCase):
         with open(neutron) as f:
             content = f.read()
             self.assertEqual(content, NEUTRON_BASE2_RES)
+
+    def test_extract_localrc(self):
+        dirname = self.useFixture(fixtures.TempDir()).path
+        localrc = os.path.join(dirname, "localrc")
+        with open(localrc, "w+") as f:
+            f.write(LOCALRC)
+
+        conf = dsconf.LocalConf(self._path)
+        conf.extract_localrc(localrc)
+
+        with open(localrc) as f:
+            content = f.read()
+            self.assertEqual(content, LOCALRC_RES)