diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index e08fef2d..2908bdd0 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -617,3 +617,13 @@ options:
       .
       For Windows guests is recommended to set this to configuration option to
       False and for those images set the property hw_pointer_model=usbtablet
+  unique-server-names:
+    type: string
+    default:
+    description: |
+      Sets the scope of the check for unique instance names.
+      .
+      An empty value (the default) means that no uniqueness check is done and
+      duplicate names are possible. 'project': The instance name check is done
+      only for instances within the same project. 'global': The instance name
+      check is done for all instances regardless of the project.
diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
index 5d996861..84040c90 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ class NovaConfigContext(ch_context.WorkerConfigContext):
         ctxt['console_access_port'] = hookenv.config('console-access-port')
         ctxt['scheduler_host_subset_size'] = hookenv.config(
             'scheduler-host-subset-size')
+        ctxt['unique_server_names'] = hookenv.config('unique-server-names')
         return ctxt
 
 
diff --git a/templates/icehouse/nova.conf b/templates/icehouse/nova.conf
index ffa62be9..1b08e1a2 100644
--- a/templates/icehouse/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/icehouse/nova.conf
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ auth_strategy=keystone
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 ec2_listen = {{ bind_host }}
diff --git a/templates/juno/nova.conf b/templates/juno/nova.conf
index 25a1b80f..0238f262 100644
--- a/templates/juno/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/juno/nova.conf
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ auth_strategy=keystone
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 ec2_listen = {{ bind_host }}
diff --git a/templates/liberty/nova.conf b/templates/liberty/nova.conf
index 30d51476..efabdc80 100644
--- a/templates/liberty/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/liberty/nova.conf
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ auth_strategy=keystone
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 ec2_listen = {{ bind_host }}
diff --git a/templates/mitaka/nova.conf b/templates/mitaka/nova.conf
index de667269..743208fb 100644
--- a/templates/mitaka/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/mitaka/nova.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ auth_strategy=keystone
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 enable_new_services = {{ enable_new_services }}
diff --git a/templates/newton/nova.conf b/templates/newton/nova.conf
index 8c8a4410..341dd458 100644
--- a/templates/newton/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/newton/nova.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ auth_strategy=keystone
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 enable_new_services = {{ enable_new_services }}
diff --git a/templates/ocata/nova.conf b/templates/ocata/nova.conf
index aed4f19c..c32b199b 100644
--- a/templates/ocata/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/ocata/nova.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ enabled_apis=osapi_compute,metadata
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 enable_new_services = {{ enable_new_services }}
diff --git a/templates/pike/nova.conf b/templates/pike/nova.conf
index b39e1ec3..3775575f 100644
--- a/templates/pike/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/pike/nova.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ enabled_apis=osapi_compute,metadata
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 enable_new_services = {{ enable_new_services }}
diff --git a/templates/rocky/nova.conf b/templates/rocky/nova.conf
index d2a11e90..5069ae0f 100644
--- a/templates/rocky/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/rocky/nova.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ enabled_apis=osapi_compute,metadata
 compute_driver=libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 use_ipv6 = {{ use_ipv6 }}
 osapi_compute_listen = {{ bind_host }}
+{% if unique_server_names -%}
+osapi_compute_unique_unique_server_names = {{ unique_server_names }}
+{% endif -%}
 metadata_host = {{ bind_host }}
 s3_listen = {{ bind_host }}
 enable_new_services = {{ enable_new_services }}
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py
index 080a88f3..2bed2310 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ class NovaComputeContextTests(CharmTestCase):
         mock_config_ip.side_effect = self.test_config.get
         mock_unit_get.return_value = '127.0.0.1'
         self.test_config.set('scheduler-default-filters', 'TestFilter')
+        self.test_config.set('unique-server-names', 'project')
         ctxt = context.NovaConfigContext()()
         self.assertEqual(ctxt['scheduler_default_filters'],
                          self.config('scheduler-default-filters'))
@@ -379,6 +380,8 @@ class NovaComputeContextTests(CharmTestCase):
                          self.config('console-access-protocol'))
         self.assertEqual(ctxt['console_access_port'],
                          self.config('console-access-port'))
+        self.assertEqual(ctxt['unique_server_names'],
+                         self.config('unique-server-names'))
 
     _pci_alias1 = {
         "name": "IntelNIC",