diff --git a/environments/undercloud.yaml b/environments/undercloud.yaml
index b4e319bf8f..a9d9910c31 100644
--- a/environments/undercloud.yaml
+++ b/environments/undercloud.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ parameter_defaults:
   # Ironic to be disabled in the case of multiple deployment failures.
   NovaAutoDisabling: '0'
   NovaCorsAllowedOrigin: '*'
+  NovaSyncPowerStateInterval: -1
   NeutronDhcpAgentsPerNetwork: 2
   HeatConvergenceEngine: true
   HeatCorsAllowedOrigin: '*'
diff --git a/puppet/services/nova-base.yaml b/puppet/services/nova-base.yaml
index 32c2e5aad0..f12b0d816d 100644
--- a/puppet/services/nova-base.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/nova-base.yaml
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ parameters:
    default: ''
    tags:
      - role_specific
+  NovaSyncPowerStateInterval:
+   type: number
+   description:
+     Interval to sync power states between the database and the hypervisor. Set
+     to -1 to disable. Setting this to 0 will run at the default rate.
+   default: 0
   RpcPort:
     default: 5672
     description: The network port for messaging backend
@@ -343,6 +349,7 @@ outputs:
           nova::cron::purge_shadow_tables::age: {get_param: NovaCronPurgeShadowTablesAge}
           nova::cron::purge_shadow_tables::verbose: {get_param: NovaCronPurgeShadowTablesVerbose}
           nova::cron::purge_shadow_tables::all_cells: {get_param: NovaCronPurgeShadowTablesAllCells}
+          nova::compute::sync_power_state_interval: {get_param: NovaSyncPowerStateInterval}
         - get_attr: [RoleParametersValue, value]
         -
           if: