diff --git a/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml b/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
index 89fb2c27c6..6ed6f1c67f 100644
--- a/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
+++ b/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ limitations under the License.
 {{- $_ := set .Values.conf.nova.keystone_authtoken "memcache_secret_key" ( default ( randAlphaNum 64 ) .Values.endpoints.oslo_cache.auth.memcache_secret_key ) -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- if .Values.conf.nova.service_user.send_service_user_token -}}
+
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.service_user.auth_url -}}
+{{- $_ := tuple "identity" "internal" "api" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.keystone_endpoint_uri_lookup" | set .Values.conf.nova.service_user "auth_url" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.service_user.region_name -}}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.nova.service_user "region_name" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.nova.region_name -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.service_user.project_name -}}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.nova.service_user "project_name" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.nova.project_name -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.service_user.project_domain_name -}}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.nova.service_user "project_domain_name" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.nova.project_domain_name -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.service_user.user_domain_name -}}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.nova.service_user "user_domain_name" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.nova.user_domain_name -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.service_user.username -}}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.nova.service_user "username" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.nova.username -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.service_user.password -}}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.nova.service_user "password" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.nova.password -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- if empty .Values.conf.nova.database.connection -}}
 {{- $_ := tuple "oslo_db" "internal" "nova" "mysql" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.authenticated_endpoint_uri_lookup" | set .Values.conf.nova.database "connection" -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/nova/values.yaml b/nova/values.yaml
index 6d64ec1c05..f2834a4f3a 100644
--- a/nova/values.yaml
+++ b/nova/values.yaml
@@ -1666,6 +1666,9 @@ conf:
       auth_type: password
       auth_version: v3
       memcache_security_strategy: ENCRYPT
+    service_user:
+      auth_type: password
+      send_service_user_token: false
     libvirt:
       connection_uri: "qemu+tcp://127.0.0.1/system"
       images_type: qcow2