diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/roles/ironic-compute.pp b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/roles/ironic-compute.pp
index 847a74221a..1e4f804877 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/roles/ironic-compute.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/roles/ironic-compute.pp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class { 'nova::network::neutron':
 }
 
 file { '/etc/nova/nova-compute.conf':
-  ensure  => absent,
+  content => "[DEFAULT]\nhost=ironic-compute",
   require => Package['nova-compute'],
 } ~> Service['nova-compute']
 
diff --git a/tests/noop/spec/hosts/roles/ironic-compute_spec.rb b/tests/noop/spec/hosts/roles/ironic-compute_spec.rb
index 1c8c9b9e26..45651a73ab 100644
--- a/tests/noop/spec/hosts/roles/ironic-compute_spec.rb
+++ b/tests/noop/spec/hosts/roles/ironic-compute_spec.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ describe manifest do
           'value' => memcache_servers,
         )
       end
+
+      it 'nova-compute.conf should have host set to "ironic-compute"' do
+        should contain_file('/etc/nova/nova-compute.conf').with('content'  => "[DEFAULT]\nhost=ironic-compute")
+      end
     end
   end