diff --git a/puppet/services/nova-libvirt.yaml b/puppet/services/nova-libvirt.yaml
index 70774bacb9..6cf348bb64 100644
--- a/puppet/services/nova-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/nova-libvirt.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ outputs:
             tripleo::profile::base::nova::libvirt_enabled: true
             nova::compute::libvirt::services::libvirt_virt_type: {get_param: NovaComputeLibvirtType}
             nova::compute::libvirt::libvirt_virt_type: {get_param: NovaComputeLibvirtType}
+            nova::compute::libvirt::qemu::configure_qemu: true
+            nova::compute::libvirt::qemu::max_files: 32768
+            nova::compute::libvirt::qemu::max_processes: 131072
             tripleo.nova_libvirt.firewall_rules:
               '200 nova_libvirt':
                 dport: