diff --git a/neutron/conf/wsgi.py b/neutron/conf/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c947ad43bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neutron/conf/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_service import wsgi
+
+from neutron._i18n import _
+
+socket_opts = [
+    cfg.IntOpt('backlog',
+               default=4096,
+               help=_("Number of backlog requests to configure "
+                      "the socket with")),
+    cfg.IntOpt('retry_until_window',
+               default=30,
+               help=_("Number of seconds to keep retrying to listen")),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use_ssl',
+                default=False,
+                help=_('Enable SSL on the API server')),
+]
+
+
+def register_socket_opts(cfg=cfg.CONF):
+    cfg.register_opts(socket_opts)
+    wsgi.register_opts(cfg)
diff --git a/neutron/opts.py b/neutron/opts.py
index 9847072bde0..91d3fdb101c 100644
--- a/neutron/opts.py
+++ b/neutron/opts.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import neutron.conf.agent.ovs_conf
 import neutron.conf.common
 import neutron.conf.quota
 import neutron.conf.service
+import neutron.conf.wsgi
 import neutron.db.agents_db
 import neutron.db.agentschedulers_db
 import neutron.db.dvr_mac_db
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ def list_opts():
          itertools.chain(
              neutron.conf.common.core_cli_opts,
              neutron.conf.common.core_opts,
-             neutron.wsgi.socket_opts,
+             neutron.conf.wsgi.socket_opts,
              neutron.conf.service.service_opts)
          ),
         (neutron.conf.common.NOVA_CONF_SECTION,
diff --git a/neutron/wsgi.py b/neutron/wsgi.py
index 4040d5d0cc8..1050053fd0e 100644
--- a/neutron/wsgi.py
+++ b/neutron/wsgi.py
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@
 """
 Utility methods for working with WSGI servers
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import errno
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
 
 import eventlet.wsgi
+from neutron.conf import wsgi as wsgi_config
 from neutron_lib import exceptions as exception
 from oslo_config import cfg
 import oslo_i18n
@@ -46,22 +45,8 @@ from neutron import context
 from neutron.db import api
 from neutron import worker as neutron_worker
 
-socket_opts = [
-    cfg.IntOpt('backlog',
-               default=4096,
-               help=_("Number of backlog requests to configure "
-                      "the socket with")),
-    cfg.IntOpt('retry_until_window',
-               default=30,
-               help=_("Number of seconds to keep retrying to listen")),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('use_ssl',
-                default=False,
-                help=_('Enable SSL on the API server')),
-]
-
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.register_opts(socket_opts)
-wsgi.register_opts(CONF)
+wsgi_config.register_socket_opts()
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)