diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index 340da754a2..11679e4aa3 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -1037,6 +1037,11 @@ function is_ironic_hardware {
     return 1
 }
 
+function is_ironic_enforce_scope {
+    is_service_enabled ironic && [[ "$IRONIC_ENFORCE_SCOPE" == "True" ]] && return 0
+    return 1
+}
+
 
 # Package Functions
 # =================
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
index bda6ef6998..f058e9bb53 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
     iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic username admin
     iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic password $ADMIN_PASSWORD
     iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic auth_url $KEYSTONE_SERVICE_URI
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic project_domain_id default
+    if is_ironic_enforce_scope; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic system_scope all
+    else
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic project_domain_id default
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic project_name demo
+    fi
     iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic user_domain_id default
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic project_name demo
     iniset $NOVA_CONF ironic region_name $REGION_NAME
 
     # These are used with crufty legacy ironicclient
@@ -82,7 +86,6 @@ function stop_nova_hypervisor {
     :
 }
 
-
 # Restore xtrace
 $_XTRACE_HYP_IRONIC