diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9cf14b4..aa25d96c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ OSAPI Compute Extentions
 
 * `openstack["compute"]["plugins"]` - Array of osapi compute exntesions to add to nova
 
+Miscellaneous Options
+---------------------
+
+* `openstack["compute"]["misc"]` - Array of bare options for nova.conf (e.g. 'option=value')
+
 EC2 Configuration Attributes
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index b9fb4533..11e5551a 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ end
 
 # plugins
 default["openstack"]["compute"]["plugins"] = nil
+default["openstack"]["compute"]["misc"] = nil
 
 # To disable the EC2 API endpoint, simply remove "ec2," from the list
 # of enabled API services.
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 4d818551..8e36b95b 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ maintainer_email "matt@opscode.com"
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "The OpenStack Compute service Nova."
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          "7.2.4"
+version          "7.3.0"
 
 recipe "openstack-compute::api-ec2", "Installs AWS EC2 compatible API"
 recipe "openstack-compute::api-metadata", "Installs the nova metadata package"
diff --git a/templates/default/nova.conf.erb b/templates/default/nova.conf.erb
index 3ec8aa1d..767441cc 100644
--- a/templates/default/nova.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/nova.conf.erb
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ osapi_compute_extension=<%= p %>
 <% end %>
 <% end %>
 
+<% if node["openstack"]["compute"]["misc"] %>
+<% node["openstack"]["compute"]["misc"].each do |m| %>
+<%= m %>
+<% end %>
+<% end %>
+
 [conductor]
 
 use_local=<%= node["openstack"]["compute"]["conductor"]["use_local"] %>