diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index 32aa6d74e1..2710346451 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ function configure_swift {
     iniset ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/swift.conf swift-constraints max_header_size ${SWIFT_MAX_HEADER_SIZE}
     iniset ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/swift.conf swift-constraints max_file_size ${SWIFT_MAX_FILE_SIZE}
 
+    # Create an additional storage policy
+    iniset ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/swift.conf storage-policy:1 name silver
+
     local node_number
     for node_number in ${SWIFT_REPLICAS_SEQ}; do
         local swift_node_config=${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/object-server/${node_number}.conf
@@ -720,6 +723,10 @@ function init_swift {
         $SWIFT_BIN_DIR/swift-ring-builder object.builder rebalance 42
         $SWIFT_BIN_DIR/swift-ring-builder container.builder rebalance 42
         $SWIFT_BIN_DIR/swift-ring-builder account.builder rebalance 42
+
+        # An additional storage policy requires an object ring as well.
+        # Re-using the previously created one to use the same devices.
+        cp object.ring.gz object-1.ring.gz
     } && popd >/dev/null
 }