diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 149f8217..ad61ccbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ This file is used to list changes made in each version of cookbook-openstack-com
 * Allow rabbit ssl in the ha case
 * Move deprecated neutron_*/glance_*/cinder_* configurations to [neutron]/[glance]/[cinder] sections in nova.conf
 * Allow dbsync_timeout to be configurable
+* Make libvirtd service started prior to nova compute service
 
 ## 9.3.1
 * Move auth configuration from api-paste.ini to nova.conf
diff --git a/recipes/compute.rb b/recipes/compute.rb
index d33afe02..5e3c2302 100644
--- a/recipes/compute.rb
+++ b/recipes/compute.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ directory node['openstack']['compute']['instances_path'] do
   recursive true
 end
 
+include_recipe 'openstack-compute::libvirt'
+
 service 'nova-compute' do
   service_name platform_options['compute_compute_service']
   supports status: true, restart: true
@@ -81,5 +83,3 @@ service 'nova-compute' do
 
   action [:enable, :start]
 end
-
-include_recipe 'openstack-compute::libvirt'
diff --git a/spec/compute_spec.rb b/spec/compute_spec.rb
index f43ccf06..8f14afd8 100644
--- a/spec/compute_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/compute_spec.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ describe 'openstack-compute::compute' do
       end
     end
 
+    it 'runs libvirt recipe' do
+      expect(chef_run).to include_recipe 'openstack-compute::libvirt'
+    end
+
     it 'starts nova compute on boot' do
       expect(chef_run).to enable_service 'nova-compute'
     end
@@ -97,9 +101,5 @@ describe 'openstack-compute::compute' do
     it 'starts nova compute' do
       expect(chef_run).to start_service 'nova-compute'
     end
-
-    it 'runs libvirt recipe' do
-      expect(chef_run).to include_recipe 'openstack-compute::libvirt'
-    end
   end
 end