diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 14d07b05bd..c3558cb53b 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ function create_nova_conf {
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT debug "$ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT auth_strategy "keystone"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT allow_resize_to_same_host "True"
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT allow_migrate_to_same_host "True"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT api_paste_config "$NOVA_API_PASTE_INI"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT rootwrap_config "$NOVA_CONF_DIR/rootwrap.conf"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT scheduler_driver "$SCHEDULER"