diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index f752271976..c57c4cc054 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -1114,6 +1114,12 @@ function is_ironic_enforce_scope {
     return 1
 }
 
+function is_ironic_sharded {
+    # todo(JayF): Support >1 shard with multiple n-cpu instances for each
+    is_service_enabled ironic && [[ "$IRONIC_SHARDS" == "1" ]] && return 0
+    return 1
+}
+
 
 # Package Functions
 # =================
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
index f058e9bb53..9a39c798a8 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
         iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic project_domain_id default
         iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic project_name demo
     fi
+    if is_ironic_sharded; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic shard $IRONIC_SHARD_1_NAME
+    fi
+
     iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic user_domain_id default
     iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic region_name $REGION_NAME