diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md
index 17ea5204c..455a4aeb9 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ Hardware types can be enabled using the "enabled_hardware_types" variable,
 which defaults to "ipmi, ilo, cisco-ucs-managed, cisco-ucs-standalone".
 
 Enabled interfaces can be set via the "enabled_boot_interfaces",
-"enabled_management_interfaces", and "enabled_power_interfaces" variables.
+"enabled_deploy_interfaces", "enabled_management_interfaces", and
+"enabled_power_interfaces" variables.
 
 In the event of an external DHCP server being used, the user will need to
 configure their DHCP server such that PXE, and iPXE chain loading occurs.
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index afa2716d2..a2ad22e89 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ default_deploy_interface: "direct"
 enabled_boot_interfaces: "ilo-virtual-media,pxe"
 enabled_management_interfaces: "ilo,ipmitool,ucsm"
 enabled_power_interfaces: "ilo,ipmitool,ucsm"
+enabled_deploy_interfaces: "iscsi,direct"
 
 # Extra pip packages to install with ironic
 # This should be a list of pip-installable references.
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic.conf.j2
index cd8d326e7..4313b1f5e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic.conf.j2
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ default_inspect_interface = inspector
 enabled_boot_interfaces = {{ enabled_boot_interfaces }}
 enabled_management_interfaces = {{ enabled_management_interfaces }}
 enabled_power_interfaces = {{ enabled_power_interfaces }}
+enabled_deploy_interfaces = {{ enabled_deploy_interfaces }}
 
 enabled_hardware_types = {{ enabled_hardware_types }}
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/enabled-deploy-interfaces-bf1e25a29ac80680.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/enabled-deploy-interfaces-bf1e25a29ac80680.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49f690ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/enabled-deploy-interfaces-bf1e25a29ac80680.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds a new variable ``enabled_deploy_interfaces`` which allows the user
+    to set the ``enabled_deploy_interfaces`` configuration option in ironic.