diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yml b/ansible/deploy.yml
index ad167ea..acd9bf2 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 - name: Wait for resources to become available
   import_playbook: resource_wait.yml
+  when: wait_for_placement | bool
   tags: openstack, resource
 
 - name: Clean up Tenks state
diff --git a/ansible/host_vars/localhost b/ansible/host_vars/localhost
index e9305ff..93d8664 100644
--- a/ansible/host_vars/localhost
+++ b/ansible/host_vars/localhost
@@ -115,3 +115,8 @@ bmc_emulators:
   pxe_snmp: virtualpdu
   redfish: sushy-tools
   snmp: virtualpdu
+
+# Whether to wait for nodes' resources to be registered in the Placement
+# service. If the Placement service is not in use, for example in standalone
+# ironic installations, this flag should be set to 'false'.
+wait_for_placement: true
diff --git a/ansible/override.yml.example b/ansible/override.yml.example
index 0d03cfd..0ec578c 100644
--- a/ansible/override.yml.example
+++ b/ansible/override.yml.example
@@ -57,3 +57,8 @@ deploy_ramdisk: ipa.initramfs
 # files.
 physnet_mappings:
   physnet0: brfoo
+
+# Whether to wait for nodes' resources to be registered in the Placement
+# service. If the Placement service is not in use, for example in standalone
+# ironic installations, this flag should be set to 'false'.
+wait_for_placement: true
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/main.yml
index 3f44d4c..eecce70 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 - name: Check that OpenStack credentials exist in the environment
   fail:
     msg: >
-      $OS_USERNAME was not found in the environment. Ensure the OpenStack
-      credentials exist in your environment, perhaps by sourcing your RC file.
-  when: not lookup('env', 'OS_USERNAME')
+      OpenStack credentials were not found in the environment.  Ensure the
+      OpenStack credentials exist in your environment, perhaps by sourcing your
+      RC file.
+  when:
+    - not lookup('env', 'OS_USERNAME')
+    - not lookup('env', 'OS_CLOUD')
 
 # This is useful to get a uniquely generated temporary path.
 - name: Create temporary file for pip requirements
@@ -26,6 +29,31 @@
   until: result is success
   retries: 3
 
+# If using clouds.yaml for authentication we need to pass in the ironic_url
+# argument to the os_ironic module, due to a quirk in its implementation.
+# Grab the endpoint from the file.
+- block:
+  - name: Query clouds.yaml
+    os_client_config:
+      clouds: "{{ lookup('env', 'OS_CLOUD') }}"
+    delegate_to: localhost
+    vars:
+      ansible_python_interpreter: >-
+        {{ lookup('env', 'VIRTUAL_ENV') | default('/usr', true) ~ '/bin/python' }}
+
+  - name: Fail if the cloud was not found
+    fail:
+      msg: >
+        Cloud {{ lookup('env', 'OS_CLOUD') }} was not found in clouds.yaml
+    when: >-
+      openstack.clouds | length == 0 or
+      not openstack.clouds[0].get('auth', {}).get('endpoint')
+
+  - name: Set a fact about the ironic API endpoint
+    set_fact:
+      ironic_url: "{{ openstack.clouds[0].auth.endpoint }}"
+  when: lookup('env', 'OS_CLOUD') | length > 0
+
 - name: Detect ironic API version
   command: >-
     {{ ironic_virtualenv_path }}/bin/openstack
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/node.yml b/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/node.yml
index 7743d31..5bc086b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/node.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/node.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 
 - name: Configure node in Ironic
   os_ironic:
-    auth_type: password
+    auth_type: "{{ 'password' if lookup('env', 'OS_USERNAME') else omit }}"
+    cloud: "{{ lookup('env', 'OS_CLOUD') | default(omit, true) }}"
+    ironic_url: "{{ ironic_url | default(omit) }}"
     driver: "{{ node.ironic_driver }}"
     driver_info:
       power:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/README.md b/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/README.md
index 9c6f976..e819613 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/README.md
+++ b/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ Role Variables
   Virtual BMC.
 - `vbmcd_python_upper_constraints_url`: The URL of the upper constraints file
   to pass to pip when installing Python packages.
+- `vbmcd_args`: Arguments to pass to the Virtual BMC daemon.
diff --git a/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/defaults/main.yml
index 1bca599..4f3aa1b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ vbmcd_virtualenv_path:
 # The URL of the upper constraints file to pass to pip when installing Python
 # packages.
 vbmcd_python_upper_constraints_url:
+# Arguments to pass to Virtual BMC daemon.
+vbmcd_args: --foreground
diff --git a/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/templates/vbmcd.service.j2 b/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/templates/vbmcd.service.j2
index 00b0133..253e89f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/templates/vbmcd.service.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/virtualbmc-daemon/templates/vbmcd.service.j2
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Description=Virtual BMC daemon
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=on-failure
-ExecStart="{{ vbmcd_virtualenv_path }}/bin/vbmcd" --foreground
+ExecStart="{{ vbmcd_virtualenv_path }}/bin/vbmcd" {{ vbmcd_args }}
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index b1f9804..fa4ade0 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -48,3 +48,24 @@ your overrides file, and this will be used for all hosts. If different mappings
 are required for different hosts, you will need to individually specify them in
 an inventory host_vars file: for a host with hostname *myhost*, set
 ``physnet_mappings`` within the file ``ansible/inventory/host_vars/myhost``.
+
+Standalone Ironic
+-----------------
+
+In standalone ironic environments, the placement service is typically not
+available. To prevent Tenks from attempting to communicate with placement, set
+``wait_for_placement`` to ``false``.
+
+It is likely that a standalone ironic environment will not use authentication
+to access the ironic API. In this case, it is possible to set the ironic API
+URL via ``clouds.yaml``. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   ---
+   clouds:
+     standalone:
+       auth_type: "none"
+       endpoint: http://localhost:6385
+
+Then set the ``OS_CLOUD`` environment variable to ``standalone``.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/standalone-ironic-33281da1623e912d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/standalone-ironic-33281da1623e912d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8a0a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/standalone-ironic-33281da1623e912d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds support for standalone Ironic. This includes support for environments
+    without keystone for authentication, and without a placement service.