diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
index 61f552ab0..329a5110e 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class TestDeployOvercloud(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
     @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.create_cephx_key',
                 autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('uuid.uuid1', autospec=True)
-    def test_tht_scale(self, mock_uuid1, mock_create_cephx_key,
+    @mock.patch('time.time', autospec=True)
+    def test_tht_scale(self, mock_time, mock_uuid1, mock_create_cephx_key,
                        mock_check_hypervisor_stats, mock_get_key,
                        mock_create_env, generate_certs_mock,
                        mock_get_templte_contents, mock_process_multiple_env,
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ class TestDeployOvercloud(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
 
         mock_create_cephx_key.return_value = "cephx_key"
         mock_uuid1.return_value = "uuid"
+        mock_time.return_value = 123456789
 
         mock_generate_overcloud_passwords.return_value = self._get_passwords()
 
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ class TestDeployOvercloud(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
             'SwiftHashSuffix': 'password',
             'SwiftPassword': 'password',
             'SwiftStorageImage': 'overcloud-full',
+            'DeployIdentifier': 123456789,
         }
 
         def _custom_create_params_env(parameters):
@@ -239,7 +242,8 @@ class TestDeployOvercloud(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
     @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.create_cephx_key',
                 autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('uuid.uuid1', autospec=True)
-    def test_tht_deploy(self, mock_uuid1, mock_create_cephx_key,
+    @mock.patch('time.time', autospec=True)
+    def test_tht_deploy(self, mock_time, mock_uuid1, mock_create_cephx_key,
                         mock_check_hypervisor_stats, mock_get_key,
                         mock_create_env, generate_certs_mock,
                         mock_get_templte_contents, mock_process_multiple_env,
@@ -260,6 +264,7 @@ class TestDeployOvercloud(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
 
         mock_create_cephx_key.return_value = "cephx_key"
         mock_uuid1.return_value = "uuid"
+        mock_time.return_value = 123456789
 
         mock_generate_overcloud_passwords.return_value = self._get_passwords()
 
@@ -341,6 +346,7 @@ class TestDeployOvercloud(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
             'SwiftHashSuffix': 'password',
             'SwiftPassword': 'password',
             'SwiftStorageImage': 'overcloud-full',
+            'DeployIdentifier': 123456789,
         }
 
         def _custom_create_params_env(parameters):
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
index 5a25c7a1e..494a6c860 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import re
 import six
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import time
 import uuid
 
 from cliff import command
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ class DeployOvercloud(command.Command):
         self.log.debug("Generating overcloud passwords")
         self.set_overcloud_passwords(parameters, args)
 
+        timestamp = int(time.time())
+        parameters['DeployIdentifier'] = timestamp
+
         param_args = (
             ('NeutronPublicInterface', 'neutron_public_interface'),
             ('NeutronBridgeMappings', 'neutron_bridge_mappings'),