diff --git a/recipes/nova-common.rb b/recipes/nova-common.rb
index 356a500e..c03dfdd3 100644
--- a/recipes/nova-common.rb
+++ b/recipes/nova-common.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ end
 db_user = node['openstack']['db']['compute']['username']
 db_pass = get_password 'db', 'nova'
 sql_connection = db_uri('compute', db_user, db_pass)
+if node['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['enabled_slave']
+  slave_connection = db_uri('compute', db_user, db_pass, true)
+end
 
 mq_service_type = node['openstack']['mq']['compute']['service_type']
 
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ template '/etc/nova/nova.conf' do
   mode 00640
   variables(
     sql_connection: sql_connection,
+    slave_connection: slave_connection,
     novncproxy_base_url: novnc_endpoint.to_s,
     xvpvncproxy_base_url: xvpvnc_endpoint.to_s,
     xvpvncproxy_bind_host: xvpvnc_bind.host,
diff --git a/spec/nova-common_spec.rb b/spec/nova-common_spec.rb
index 6f12035c..f1118a93 100644
--- a/spec/nova-common_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/nova-common_spec.rb
@@ -984,6 +984,28 @@ describe 'openstack-compute::nova-common' do
           end
         end
       end
+
+      context 'set enabled_slave attribute' do
+        it 'sets overide database enabled_slave attribute as true' do
+          node.set['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['enabled_slave'] = true
+          node.set['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['slave_host'] = '10.10.1.1'
+          node.set['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['slave_port'] = '3326'
+          node.set['openstack']['db']['compute']['username'] = 'nova1'
+
+          expect(chef_run).to render_config_file(file.name)\
+            .with_section_content('database', %r{slave_connection=mysql://nova1:@10.10.1.1:3326/nova\?charset=utf8$})
+        end
+
+        it 'sets overide database enabled_slave attribute as false' do
+          node.set['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['enabled_slave'] = false
+          node.set['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['slave_host'] = '10.10.1.1'
+          node.set['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['slave_port'] = '3326'
+          node.set['openstack']['db']['compute']['username'] = 'nova1'
+
+          expect(chef_run).to_not render_config_file(file.name)\
+            .with_section_content('database', %r{slave_connection=mysql://nova1:@10.10.1.1:3326/nova\?charset=utf8$})
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe 'rootwrap.conf' do
diff --git a/templates/default/nova.conf.erb b/templates/default/nova.conf.erb
index 9411090d..8c0d6728 100644
--- a/templates/default/nova.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/nova.conf.erb
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ connection=<%= @sql_connection %>
 # The SQLAlchemy connection string to use to connect to the
 # slave database. (string value)
 #slave_connection=<None>
+<% if node['openstack']['endpoints']['db']['enabled_slave'] %>
+slave_connection=<%= @slave_connection %>
+<% end %>
 
 # The SQL mode to be used for MySQL sessions. This option,
 # including the default, overrides any server-set SQL mode. To