diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
index b4eb090a6..655403206 100644
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ include ::ironic::drivers::interfaces
 include ::ironic::drivers::ipmi
 include ::ironic::drivers::pxe
 include ::ironic::drivers::redfish
+include ::ironic::drivers::staging
 include ::ironic::glance
 include ::ironic::inspector
 include ::ironic::inspector::cors
diff --git a/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py b/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
index a7bea30a6..6e433d7c9 100644
--- a/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
+++ b/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ def _process_drivers_and_hardware_types(instack_env):
     # use one variable for them.
     mgmt_interfaces = {'fake', 'ipmitool'}
     # TODO(dtantsur): can we somehow avoid hardcoding hardware types here?
-    for hw_type in ('redfish', 'idrac', 'ilo', 'irmc'):
+    for hw_type in ('redfish', 'idrac', 'ilo', 'irmc', 'staging-ovirt'):
         if hw_type in enabled_hardware_types:
             mgmt_interfaces.add(hw_type)
     for (hw_type, iface) in [('cisco-ucs-managed', 'ucsm'),
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ovirt-driver-caa85e9a99ba1aef.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ovirt-driver-caa85e9a99ba1aef.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cbcd66db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ovirt-driver-caa85e9a99ba1aef.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds support for using oVirt with Ironic via the new ``staging-ovirt``
+    hardware type. The hardware type is not enabled by default and requires
+    installing the ``ovirt-engine-sdk-python`` package.