diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index bbef82d5..bcc6f0b2 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -684,3 +684,10 @@ options:
       cloud utilization.
       .
       Note: only effective from Pike onward
+  allow-resize-to-same-host:
+    type: boolean
+    default: False
+    description: |
+      Allow resizing to the same host. Setting this option to True will add the
+      source host to the destination options for consideration by the
+      scheduler when resizing an instance.
diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
index 83731346..e68983af 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_context.py
@@ -405,11 +405,15 @@ class NovaConfigContext(ch_context.WorkerConfigContext):
         ctxt['cpu_allocation_ratio'] = hookenv.config('cpu-allocation-ratio')
         ctxt['ram_allocation_ratio'] = hookenv.config('ram-allocation-ratio')
 
+        ctxt['allow_resize_to_same_host'] = hookenv.config(
+            'allow-resize-to-same-host')
+
         for rid in hookenv.relation_ids('cloud-compute'):
             rdata = {
                 'disk_allocation_ratio': ctxt['disk_allocation_ratio'],
                 'cpu_allocation_ratio': ctxt['cpu_allocation_ratio'],
                 'ram_allocation_ratio': ctxt['ram_allocation_ratio'],
+                'allow_resize_to_same_host': ctxt['allow_resize_to_same_host'],
             }
             hookenv.relation_set(relation_settings=rdata, relation_id=rid)
 
diff --git a/templates/train/nova.conf b/templates/train/nova.conf
index 95131a46..7e9a9205 100644
--- a/templates/train/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/train/nova.conf
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ default_floating_pool = {{ default_floating_pool }}
 volume_api_class=nova.volume.cinder.API
 {% endif -%}
 
+{% if allow_resize_to_same_host -%}
+allow_resize_to_same_host = True
+{% endif -%}
+
 {% if user_config_flags -%}
 {% for key, value in user_config_flags.items() -%}
 {{ key }} = {{ value }}
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py
index a5724671..d6d3abd4 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_nova_cc_contexts.py
@@ -410,6 +410,26 @@ class NovaComputeContextTests(CharmTestCase):
 
     _pci_alias_list = [_pci_alias1, _pci_alias2]
 
+    @mock.patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.ip.config')
+    @mock.patch('charmhelpers.core.hookenv.local_unit')
+    @mock.patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context.config')
+    def test_allow_resize_to_same_host(self, mock_config,
+                                       local_unit, mock_config_ip):
+        _rel_data = {'disk_allocation_ratio':
+                     self.config('disk-allocation-ratio'),
+                     'cpu_allocation_ratio':
+                     self.config('cpu-allocation-ratio'),
+                     'ram_allocation_ratio':
+                     self.config('ram-allocation-ratio'),
+                     'allow_resize_to_same_host': True}
+        self.test_config.set('allow-resize-to-same-host', True)
+        self.relation_ids.return_value = ['nova-compute:0']
+        ctxt = context.NovaConfigContext()()
+        self.assertEqual(ctxt['allow_resize_to_same_host'],
+                         self.config('allow-resize-to-same-host'))
+        self.relation_set.assert_called_with(relation_id=mock.ANY,
+                                             relation_settings=_rel_data)
+
     @mock.patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.ip.resolve_address')
     @mock.patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.ip.unit_get')
     @mock.patch('charmhelpers.contrib.hahelpers.cluster.relation_ids')