diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
index 7ffd14d046..c9544fe6c7 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT compute_driver ironic.IronicDriver
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT firewall_driver $LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT scheduler_host_manager ironic_host_manager
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF filter_scheduler use_baremetal_filters True
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ram_allocation_ratio 1.0
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT reserved_host_memory_mb 0
     # ironic section