diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
index e2bb2e3a..62f0c347 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
@@ -207,7 +207,15 @@ class HAProxyContext(ch_context.HAProxyContext):
         ctxt['service_ports'] = port_mapping
         # for nova.conf
         ctxt['listen_ports'] = listen_ports
-        ctxt['port'] = placement_api
+        return ctxt
+
+
+class PlacementAPIHAProxyContext(HAProxyContext):
+    """Context for the nova placement api service."""
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        ctxt = super(PlacementAPIHAProxyContext, self).__call__()
+        ctxt['port'] = ctxt['listen_ports']['placement_listen_port']
         return ctxt
 
 
diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py b/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
index 87322c12..753c703d 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
@@ -284,8 +284,11 @@ def resource_map(actual_services=True):
         _resource_map[WSGI_NOVA_PLACEMENT_API_CONF] = {
             'contexts': [
                 ch_context.WSGIWorkerConfigContext(
-                    name="nova", script=wsgi_script),
-                nova_cc_context.HAProxyContext()],
+                    name="nova_placement",
+                    user="nova",
+                    group="nova",
+                    script=wsgi_script),
+                nova_cc_context.PlacementAPIHAProxyContext()],
             'services': ['apache2']
         }
     elif not placement_api_enabled():