diff --git a/src/config.yaml b/src/config.yaml
index 8d46c6e..80ddb6c 100644
--- a/src/config.yaml
+++ b/src/config.yaml
@@ -63,3 +63,10 @@ options:
     type: int
     default: 600
     description: qemu_agent_ping_timeout parameter value in /etc/tvault-contego/tvault-contego.conf
+  cinder-http-retries:
+    type: int
+    default: 10
+    description: |
+      This is the number of times datamover will try to connect to
+      the cinder service.
+      This option is ignored if Trilio is before 4.1.94
diff --git a/src/templates/tvault-contego.conf b/src/templates/tvault-contego.conf
index e815d62..1dfa735 100644
--- a/src/templates/tvault-contego.conf
+++ b/src/templates/tvault-contego.conf
@@ -63,3 +63,6 @@ ceph_dir = {{ options.ceph_dir }}
 [libvirt]
 rbd_user = {{ options.rbd_user }}
 images_rbd_ceph_conf = {{ options.ceph_dir }}/ceph.conf
+
+[cinder]
+http_retries = {{ options.cinder_http_retries }}