diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index dde2510cbd..8d9f408fdf 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -231,8 +231,12 @@ kibana_user: "kibana"
 #################################
 # Cinder - Block Storage options
 #################################
-cinder_volume_driver: "{{ 'ceph' if enable_ceph | bool else 'lvm' }}"
-
+cinder_volume_driver: "{{ 'ceph' if enable_ceph | bool }}"
+cinder_volume_driver: "{{ 'lvm' if enable_iscsi | bool }}"
+cinder_volume_group: "{{ 'cinder-volumes' if enable_iscsi | bool }}"
+cinder_volume_backend_name: "{{ 'cinder-volumes' if enable_iscsi | bool }}"
+cinder_iscsi_helper: "{{ 'tgtadm' if enable_iscsi | bool }}"
+cinder_iscsi_protocol: "{{ 'iscsi' if enable_iscsi | bool }}"
 
 ###################
 # Ceph options
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
index 8fff2104cf..d1ff2b33bc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use_forwarded_for = true
 use_stderr = False
 
 enable_v1_api=false
-volume_name_template = %s
+volume_name_template = volume-%s
 
 glance_api_servers = {{ internal_protocol }}://{{ kolla_internal_fqdn }}:{{ glance_api_port }}
 glance_api_version = 2
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ glance_api_version = 2
 os_region_name = {{ openstack_region_name }}
 
 {% if cinder_volume_driver == "lvm" %}
-default_volume_type = lvmdriver-1
-enabled_backends = lvmdriver-1
+enabled_backends = {{ cinder_volume_backend_name }}
 {% elif cinder_volume_driver == "ceph" %}
 default_volume_type = rbd-1
 enabled_backends = rbd-1
@@ -73,11 +72,13 @@ rabbit_hosts = {% for host in groups['rabbitmq'] %}{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_'
 
 
 {% if cinder_volume_driver == "lvm" %}
-[lvmdriver-1]
-lvm_type = default
-volume_group = cinder-volumes
+[{{ cinder_volume_backend_name }}]
+volume_group = {{ cinder_volume_group }}
 volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMVolumeDriver
-volume_backend_name = lvmdriver-1
+volume_backend_name = {{ cinder_volume_backend_name }}
+iscsi_ip_address = {{ cinder_iscsi_ip_address }}
+iscsi_helper = {{ cinder_iscsi_helper }}
+iscsi_protocol = {{ cinder_iscsi_protocol }}
 {% elif cinder_volume_driver == "ceph" %}
 [rbd-1]
 volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver
diff --git a/etc/kolla/globals.yml b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
index 30c2dfdad4..c440772005 100644
--- a/etc/kolla/globals.yml
+++ b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ neutron_external_interface: "eth1"
 #ceph_pool_type: "replicated"
 
 
+#######################
+# Cinder iSCSI options
+#######################
+# Cinder's iSCSI backend !!!REQUIRES!!! two parameters:
+# 1 - IP address of the server hosting LVM Volume group
+# 2 - The name of Volume group which Cinder will use.
+#cinder_iscsi_ip_address:
+#cinder_volume_group:
+
+
 #######################################
 # Manila - Shared File Systems Options
 #######################################