diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
index 9f2deabc6..718a58f9f 100644
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ Exec['stop_nova-api'] -> Service['httpd']
 class { '::nova::api':
   enable_proxy_headers_parsing => $enable_proxy_headers_parsing,
 }
+include ::nova::cell_v2::simple_setup
 include ::nova::placement
 include ::nova::wsgi::apache_api
 include ::nova::wsgi::apache_placement
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova_cells_setup-471df6c9dd45166c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova_cells_setup-471df6c9dd45166c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79439b2df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova_cells_setup-471df6c9dd45166c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Configure the basic cells setup for Nova, now required in Ocata.