diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 8ec44c3f5d..6af3e26bd0 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -831,6 +831,8 @@ function start_nova_compute {
         # ``sg`` is used in run_process to execute nova-compute as a member of the
         # **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** group.
         run_process n-cpu "$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf" $LIBVIRT_GROUP
+    elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'lxd' ]]; then
+        run_process n-cpu "$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf" $LXD_GROUP
     elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'fake' ]]; then
         local i
         for i in `seq 1 $NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE`; do
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 160d12ff3d..a2f58af5e1 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -586,6 +586,9 @@ case "$VIRT_DRIVER" in
             LIBVIRT_GROUP=libvirtd
         fi
         ;;
+    lxd)
+        LXD_GROUP=${LXD_GROUP:-"lxd"}
+        ;;
     fake)
         NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE=${NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE:-1}
         ;;