diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
index b569bda2..b971e545 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ class HAProxyContext(context.HAProxyContext):
                                      singlenode_mode=True)
         s3_api = determine_api_port(api_port('nova-objectstore'),
                                     singlenode_mode=True)
+        placement_api = determine_api_port(api_port('nova-placement-api'),
+                                           singlenode_mode=True)
         # Apache ports
         a_compute_api = determine_apache_port(api_port('nova-api-os-compute'),
                                               singlenode_mode=True)
@@ -163,11 +165,14 @@ class HAProxyContext(context.HAProxyContext):
                                           singlenode_mode=True)
         a_s3_api = determine_apache_port(api_port('nova-objectstore'),
                                          singlenode_mode=True)
+        a_placement_api = determine_apache_port(api_port('nova-placement-api'),
+                                                singlenode_mode=True)
         # to be set in nova.conf accordingly.
         listen_ports = {
             'osapi_compute_listen_port': compute_api,
             'ec2_listen_port': ec2_api,
             's3_listen_port': s3_api,
+            'placement_listen_port': placement_api,
         }
 
         port_mapping = {
@@ -177,12 +182,15 @@ class HAProxyContext(context.HAProxyContext):
                 api_port('nova-api-ec2'), a_ec2_api],
             'nova-objectstore': [
                 api_port('nova-objectstore'), a_s3_api],
+            'nova-placement-api': [
+                api_port('nova-placement-api'), a_placement_api],
         }
 
         # for haproxy.conf
         ctxt['service_ports'] = port_mapping
         # for nova.conf
         ctxt['listen_ports'] = listen_ports
+        ctxt['port'] = placement_api
         return ctxt
 
 
diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_hooks.py b/hooks/nova_cc_hooks.py
index fe6ebe5c..e5642ad0 100755
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_hooks.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_hooks.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ from nova_cc_utils import (
     determine_endpoints,
     determine_packages,
     determine_ports,
+    disable_package_apache_site,
     disable_services,
     do_openstack_upgrade,
     enable_services,
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ from nova_cc_utils import (
     is_api_ready,
     keystone_ca_cert_b64,
     migrate_nova_database,
+    placement_api_enabled,
     save_script_rc,
     services,
     ssh_compute_add,
@@ -209,6 +211,9 @@ def install():
     apt_update()
     apt_install(determine_packages(), fatal=True)
 
+    if placement_api_enabled():
+        disable_package_apache_site()
+
     git_install(config('openstack-origin-git'))
 
     _files = os.path.join(charm_dir(), 'files')
diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py b/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
index 8102d29e..358860ff 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ REQUIRED_INTERFACES = {
 BASE_PACKAGES = [
     'apache2',
     'haproxy',
+    'libapache2-mod-wsgi',
     'python-keystoneclient',
     'python-mysqldb',
     'python-psycopg2',
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ GIT_PACKAGE_BLACKLIST = [
 BASE_SERVICES = [
     'nova-api-ec2',
     'nova-api-os-compute',
+    'nova-placement-api',
     'nova-objectstore',
     'nova-cert',
     'nova-scheduler',
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ API_PORTS = {
     'nova-api-ec2': 8773,
     'nova-api-os-compute': 8774,
     'nova-api-os-volume': 8776,
+    'nova-placement-api': 8778,
     'nova-objectstore': 3333,
 }
 
@@ -212,6 +215,10 @@ HAPROXY_CONF = '/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg'
 APACHE_CONF = '/etc/apache2/sites-available/openstack_https_frontend'
 APACHE_24_CONF = '/etc/apache2/sites-available/openstack_https_frontend.conf'
 MEMCACHED_CONF = '/etc/memcached.conf'
+WSGI_NOVA_PLACEMENT_API_CONF = \
+    '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/wsgi-openstack-api.conf'
+PACKAGE_NOVA_PLACEMENT_API_CONF = \
+    '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/nova-placement-api.conf'
 
 
 def resolve_services():
@@ -313,7 +320,7 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLE = {
 }
 
 
-def resource_map():
+def resource_map(return_services=True):
     '''
     Dynamically generate a map of resources that will be managed for a single
     hook execution.
@@ -358,6 +365,27 @@ def resource_map():
         resource_map[MEMCACHED_CONF] = {
             'contexts': [context.MemcacheContext()],
             'services': ['memcached']}
+
+    if return_services and placement_api_enabled():
+        for cfile in resource_map:
+            svcs = resource_map[cfile]['services']
+            if 'nova-placement-api' in svcs:
+                svcs.remove('nova-placement-api')
+                if 'apache2' not in svcs:
+                    svcs.append('apache2')
+        wsgi_script = "/usr/bin/nova-placement-api"
+        resource_map[WSGI_NOVA_PLACEMENT_API_CONF] = {
+            'contexts': [context.WSGIWorkerConfigContext(name="nova",
+                                                         script=wsgi_script),
+                         nova_cc_context.HAProxyContext()],
+            'services': ['apache2']
+        }
+    elif not placement_api_enabled():
+        for cfile in resource_map:
+            svcs = resource_map[cfile]['services']
+            if 'nova-placement-api' in svcs:
+                svcs.remove('nova-placement-api')
+
     return resource_map
 
 
@@ -424,7 +452,7 @@ def console_attributes(attr, proto=None):
 def determine_packages():
     # currently all packages match service names
     packages = deepcopy(BASE_PACKAGES)
-    for v in resource_map().values():
+    for v in resource_map(return_services=False).values():
         packages.extend(v['services'])
     if console_attributes('packages'):
         packages.extend(console_attributes('packages'))
@@ -866,6 +894,14 @@ def determine_endpoints(public_url, internal_url, admin_url):
     s3_internal_url = '%s:%s' % (internal_url, api_port('nova-objectstore'))
     s3_admin_url = '%s:%s' % (admin_url, api_port('nova-objectstore'))
 
+    if os_rel >= 'ocata':
+        placement_public_url = '%s:%s' % (
+            public_url, api_port('nova-placement-api'))
+        placement_internal_url = '%s:%s' % (
+            internal_url, api_port('nova-placement-api'))
+        placement_admin_url = '%s:%s' % (
+            admin_url, api_port('nova-placement-api'))
+
     # the base endpoints
     endpoints = {
         'nova_service': 'nova',
@@ -902,6 +938,15 @@ def determine_endpoints(public_url, internal_url, admin_url):
             's3_internal_url': None,
         })
 
+    if os_rel >= 'ocata':
+        endpoints.update({
+            'placement_service': 'placement',
+            'placement_region': region,
+            'placement_public_url': placement_public_url,
+            'placement_admin_url': placement_admin_url,
+            'placement_internal_url': placement_internal_url,
+        })
+
     return endpoints
 
 
@@ -1422,3 +1467,16 @@ def serial_console_settings():
     for use in cloud-compute relation
     '''
     return nova_cc_context.SerialConsoleContext()()
+
+
+def placement_api_enabled():
+    """Return true if nova-placement-api is enabled in this release"""
+    return os_release('nova-common') >= 'ocata'
+
+
+def disable_package_apache_site():
+    """Ensure that the package-provided apache configuration is disabled to
+    prevent it from conflicting with the charm-provided version.
+    """
+    if os.path.exists(PACKAGE_NOVA_PLACEMENT_API_CONF):
+        subprocess.check_call(['a2dissite', 'nova-placement-api'])
diff --git a/templates/ocata/nova.conf b/templates/ocata/nova.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f624b68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ocata/nova.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+# ocata
+###############################################################################
+# [ WARNING ]
+# Configuration file maintained by Juju. Local changes may be overwritten.
+###############################################################################
+[DEFAULT]
+verbose={{ verbose }}
+debug={{ debug }}
+dhcpbridge_flagfile=/etc/nova/nova.conf
+dhcpbridge=/usr/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
+logdir=/var/log/nova
+state_path=/var/lib/nova
+force_dhcp_release=True
+iscsi_helper=tgtadm
+libvirt_use_virtio_for_bridges=True
+connection_type=libvirt
+root_helper=sudo nova-rootwrap /etc/nova/rootwrap.conf
+api_paste_config=/etc/nova/api-paste.ini
+volumes_path=/var/lib/nova/volumes
+enabled_apis=osapi_compute,metadata
+auth_strategy=keystone
+compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
+use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
+osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
+s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+
+osapi_compute_workers = {{ workers }}
+
+{% if additional_neutron_filters is defined %}
+scheduler_default_filters = {{ scheduler_default_filters }},{{ additional_neutron_filters }}
+{% else %}
+scheduler_default_filters = {{ scheduler_default_filters }}
+{% endif %}
+cpu_allocation_ratio = {{ cpu_allocation_ratio }}
+ram_allocation_ratio = {{ ram_allocation_ratio }}
+
+use_syslog={{ use_syslog }}
+my_ip = {{ host_ip }}
+
+{% if memcached_servers %}
+memcached_servers = {{ memcached_servers }}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% include "parts/novnc" %}
+
+{% if rbd_pool -%}
+rbd_pool = {{ rbd_pool }}
+rbd_user = {{ rbd_user }}
+rbd_secret_uuid = {{ rbd_secret_uuid }}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if neutron_plugin and neutron_plugin in ('ovs', 'midonet') -%}
+libvirt_vif_driver = nova.virt.libvirt.vif.LibvirtGenericVIFDriver
+libvirt_user_virtio_for_bridges =  True
+{% if neutron_security_groups -%}
+security_group_api = {{ network_manager }}
+nova_firewall_driver = nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
+{% endif -%}
+{% if external_network -%}
+default_floating_pool = {{ external_network }}
+{% endif -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if neutron_plugin and neutron_plugin == 'vsp' -%}
+neutron_ovs_bridge = alubr0
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if neutron_plugin and neutron_plugin == 'nvp' -%}
+security_group_api = neutron
+nova_firewall_driver = nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
+{% if external_network -%}
+default_floating_pool = {{ external_network }}
+{% endif -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if neutron_plugin and neutron_plugin == 'Calico' -%}
+security_group_api = neutron
+nova_firewall_driver = nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if neutron_plugin and neutron_plugin == 'plumgrid' -%}
+security_group_api=neutron
+firewall_driver = nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if network_manager_config -%}
+{% for key, value in network_manager_config.iteritems() -%}
+{{ key }} = {{ value }}
+{% endfor -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if network_manager and network_manager == 'neutron' -%}
+network_api_class = nova.network.neutronv2.api.API
+use_neutron = True
+{% else -%}
+network_manager = nova.network.manager.FlatDHCPManager
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if default_floating_pool -%}
+default_floating_pool = {{ default_floating_pool }}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if volume_service -%}
+volume_api_class=nova.volume.cinder.API
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if user_config_flags -%}
+{% for key, value in user_config_flags.iteritems() -%}
+{{ key }} = {{ value }}
+{% endfor -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if listen_ports -%}
+{% for key, value in listen_ports.iteritems() -%}
+{{ key }} = {{ value }}
+{% endfor -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if sections and 'DEFAULT' in sections -%}
+{% for key, value in sections['DEFAULT'] -%}
+{{ key }} = {{ value }}
+{% endfor -%}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% include "section-zeromq" %}
+
+{% include "parts/database-v2" %}
+
+{% include "parts/database-api" %}
+
+{% if glance_api_servers -%}
+[glance]
+api_servers = {{ glance_api_servers }}
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% if network_manager and network_manager == 'neutron' -%}
+[neutron]
+url = {{ neutron_url }}
+auth_strategy = keystone
+auth_section = keystone_authtoken
+auth_plugin = password
+{% endif -%}
+
+{% include "section-keystone-authtoken-mitaka" %}
+
+{% include "parts/section-cinder" %}
+
+[osapi_v3]
+enabled=True
+
+{% include "parts/cell" %}
+
+[conductor]
+workers = {{ workers }}
+
+{% include "section-rabbitmq-oslo" %}
+
+[oslo_concurrency]
+lock_path=/var/lock/nova
+
+[spice]
+{% include "parts/spice" %}
+
+{% include "parts/section-serial-console" %}
+
+{% include "parts/section-placement" %}
diff --git a/templates/parts/section-placement b/templates/parts/section-placement
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56f51da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/parts/section-placement
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[placement]
+{% if auth_host -%}
+auth_url = {{ auth_protocol }}://{{ auth_host }}:{{ auth_port }}
+auth_type = password
+{% if api_version == "3" -%}
+project_domain_name = {{ admin_domain_name }}
+user_domain_name = {{ admin_domain_name }}
+{% else -%}
+project_domain_name = default
+user_domain_name = default
+{% endif -%}
+project_name = {{ admin_tenant_name }}
+username = {{ admin_user }}
+password = {{ admin_password }}
+{% endif -%}
+{% if region -%}
+os_region_name = {{ region }}
+{% endif -%}
diff --git a/tests/basic_deployment.py b/tests/basic_deployment.py
index 435583e6..cd826eb7 100644
--- a/tests/basic_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/basic_deployment.py
@@ -796,6 +796,10 @@ class NovaCCBasicDeployment(OpenStackAmuletDeployment):
             del services['nova-api-ec2']
             del services['nova-objectstore']
 
+        if self._get_openstack_release() >= self.xenial_ocata:
+            # nova-placement-api is run under apache2 with mod_wsgi
+            services['apache2'] = conf_file
+
         # Expected default and alternate values
         flags_default = 'quota_cores=20,quota_instances=40,quota_ram=102400'
         flags_alt = 'quota_cores=10,quota_instances=20,quota_ram=51200'
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_hooks.py b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_hooks.py
index 50261486..b16a7517 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_hooks.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_hooks.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ TO_PATCH = [
     'relation_get',
     'relation_set',
     'relation_ids',
+    'placement_api_enabled',
     'ssh_compute_add',
     'ssh_known_hosts_lines',
     'ssh_authorized_keys_lines',
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_utils.py b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_utils.py
index b82e5405..a33c7d3f 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_utils.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_utils.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ BASE_ENDPOINTS = {
 }
 
 # Restart map should be constructed such that API services restart
-# before frontends (haproxy/apaceh) to avoid port conflicts.
-RESTART_MAP = OrderedDict([
+# before frontends (haproxy/apache) to avoid port conflicts.
+RESTART_MAP_ICEHOUSE = OrderedDict([
     ('/etc/nova/nova.conf', [
         'nova-api-ec2', 'nova-api-os-compute', 'nova-objectstore',
         'nova-cert', 'nova-scheduler', 'nova-conductor'
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ RESTART_MAP = OrderedDict([
     ('/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg', ['haproxy']),
     ('/etc/apache2/sites-available/openstack_https_frontend', ['apache2']),
 ])
+RESTART_MAP_OCATA = OrderedDict([
+    ('/etc/nova/nova.conf', [
+        'nova-api-ec2', 'nova-api-os-compute', 'nova-objectstore',
+        'nova-cert', 'nova-scheduler', 'nova-conductor', 'apache2'
+    ]),
+    ('/etc/nova/api-paste.ini', [
+        'nova-api-ec2', 'nova-api-os-compute', 'apache2'
+    ]),
+    ('/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg', ['haproxy']),
+    ('/etc/apache2/sites-available/openstack_https_frontend', ['apache2']),
+    ('/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/wsgi-openstack-api.conf', ['apache2']),
+])
 
 
 DPKG_OPTS = [
@@ -240,15 +252,30 @@ class NovaCCUtilsTests(CharmTestCase):
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.neutron.os_release')
     @patch('os.path.exists')
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context.SubordinateConfigContext')
-    def test_restart_map_api_before_frontends(self, subcontext, _exists,
-                                              _os_release):
+    def test_restart_map_api_before_frontends_icehouse(self, subcontext,
+                                                       _exists, _os_release):
         _os_release.return_value = 'icehouse'
+        self.os_release.return_value = 'icehouse'
         _exists.return_value = False
         self.enable_memcache.return_value = False
         self._resource_map()
         _map = utils.restart_map()
         self.assertIsInstance(_map, OrderedDict)
-        self.assertEquals(_map, RESTART_MAP)
+        self.assertEquals(_map, RESTART_MAP_ICEHOUSE)
+
+    @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.neutron.os_release')
+    @patch('os.path.exists')
+    @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context.SubordinateConfigContext')
+    def test_restart_map_api_before_frontends_ocata(self, subcontext,
+                                                    _exists, _os_release):
+        _os_release.return_value = 'ocata'
+        self.os_release.return_value = 'ocata'
+        _exists.return_value = False
+        self.enable_memcache.return_value = False
+        self._resource_map()
+        _map = utils.restart_map()
+        self.assertIsInstance(_map, OrderedDict)
+        self.assertEquals(_map, RESTART_MAP_OCATA)
 
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context.SubordinateConfigContext')
     @patch('os.path.exists')
@@ -317,7 +344,7 @@ class NovaCCUtilsTests(CharmTestCase):
 
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context.SubordinateConfigContext')
     @patch.object(utils, 'git_install_requested')
-    def test_determine_packages_base(self, git_requested, subcontext):
+    def test_determine_packages_base_icehouse(self, git_requested, subcontext):
         git_requested.return_value = False
         self.relation_ids.return_value = []
         self.os_release.return_value = 'icehouse'
@@ -325,6 +352,20 @@ class NovaCCUtilsTests(CharmTestCase):
         self.enable_memcache.return_value = False
         pkgs = utils.determine_packages()
         ex = list(set(utils.BASE_PACKAGES + utils.BASE_SERVICES))
+        # nova-placement-api is purposely dropped unless it's ocata
+        ex.remove('nova-placement-api')
+        self.assertEquals(ex, pkgs)
+
+    @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context.SubordinateConfigContext')
+    @patch.object(utils, 'git_install_requested')
+    def test_determine_packages_base_ocata(self, git_requested, subcontext):
+        git_requested.return_value = False
+        self.relation_ids.return_value = []
+        self.os_release.return_value = 'ocata'
+        self.token_cache_pkgs.return_value = []
+        self.enable_memcache.return_value = False
+        pkgs = utils.determine_packages()
+        ex = list(set(utils.BASE_PACKAGES + utils.BASE_SERVICES))
         self.assertEquals(ex, pkgs)
 
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context.SubordinateConfigContext')
@@ -715,6 +756,7 @@ class NovaCCUtilsTests(CharmTestCase):
              'nova-cert': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-conductor': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-objectstore': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
+             'nova-placement-api': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-scheduler': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db']},
             utils.guard_map()
         )
@@ -729,6 +771,7 @@ class NovaCCUtilsTests(CharmTestCase):
              'nova-cert': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-conductor': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-objectstore': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
+             'nova-placement-api': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-scheduler': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'], },
             utils.guard_map()
         )
@@ -738,6 +781,7 @@ class NovaCCUtilsTests(CharmTestCase):
             {'nova-api-os-compute': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-cert': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-conductor': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
+             'nova-placement-api': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'],
              'nova-scheduler': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'shared-db'], },
             utils.guard_map()
         )
@@ -753,6 +797,8 @@ class NovaCCUtilsTests(CharmTestCase):
              'nova-conductor': ['identity-service', 'amqp', 'pgsql-nova-db'],
              'nova-objectstore': ['identity-service', 'amqp',
                                   'pgsql-nova-db'],
+             'nova-placement-api': ['identity-service', 'amqp',
+                                    'pgsql-nova-db'],
              'nova-scheduler': ['identity-service', 'amqp',
                                 'pgsql-nova-db'], },
             utils.guard_map()