diff --git a/nova/conf/__init__.py b/nova/conf/__init__.py
index 79a0b5166e34..b79eee92289c 100644
--- a/nova/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/conf/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from nova.conf import conductor
 # from nova.conf import disk
 from nova.conf import ephemeral_storage
 from nova.conf import floating_ips
-# from nova.conf import glance
+from nova.conf import glance
 # from nova.conf import guestfs
 # from nova.conf import host
 from nova.conf import hyperv
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ conductor.register_opts(CONF)
 # disk.register_opts(CONF)
 ephemeral_storage.register_opts(CONF)
 floating_ips.register_opts(CONF)
-# glance.register_opts(CONF)
+glance.register_opts(CONF)
 # guestfs.register_opts(CONF)
 # host.register_opts(CONF)
 hyperv.register_opts(CONF)
diff --git a/nova/conf/glance.py b/nova/conf/glance.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d70be52d09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/conf/glance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# 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
+
+glance_group = cfg.OptGroup(
+    'glance',
+    title='Glance Options')
+
+glance_opts = [
+    # NOTE(sdague): there is intentionally no default here. This
+    # requires configuration. Eventually this will come from the
+    # service catalog, however we don't have a good path there atm.
+    cfg.ListOpt('api_servers',
+                help='''
+A list of the glance api servers endpoints available to nova. These
+should be fully qualified urls of the form
+"scheme://hostname:port[/path]" (i.e. "http://10.0.1.0:9292" or
+"https://my.glance.server/image")'''),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('api_insecure',
+                default=False,
+                help='Allow to perform insecure SSL (https) requests to '
+                     'glance'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('num_retries',
+               default=0,
+               help='Number of retries when uploading / downloading an image '
+                    'to / from glance.'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('allowed_direct_url_schemes',
+                default=[],
+                help='A list of url scheme that can be downloaded directly '
+                     'via the direct_url.  Currently supported schemes: '
+                     '[file].'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('verify_glance_signatures',
+                default=False,
+                help='Require Nova to perform signature verification on '
+                     'each image downloaded from Glance.'),
+    ]
+
+
+def register_opts(conf):
+    conf.register_group(glance_group)
+    conf.register_opts(glance_opts, group=glance_group)
+
+
+def list_opts():
+    return {glance_group: glance_opts}
diff --git a/nova/image/glance.py b/nova/image/glance.py
index c30fe6edc335..2ab46a947ec7 100644
--- a/nova/image/glance.py
+++ b/nova/image/glance.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import cryptography
 import glanceclient
 from glanceclient.common import http
 import glanceclient.exc
-from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 from oslo_service import sslutils
@@ -38,45 +37,15 @@ import six
 from six.moves import range
 import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 
+import nova.conf
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _LE, _LI, _LW
 import nova.image.download as image_xfers
 from nova import objects
 from nova import signature_utils
 
-
-glance_opts = [
-    # NOTE(sdague): there is intentionally no default here. This
-    # requires configuration. Eventually this will come from the
-    # service catalog, however we don't have a good path there atm.
-    cfg.ListOpt('api_servers',
-                help='''
-A list of the glance api servers endpoints available to nova. These
-should be fully qualified urls of the form
-"scheme://hostname:port[/path]" (i.e. "http://10.0.1.0:9292" or
-"https://my.glance.server/image")'''),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('api_insecure',
-                default=False,
-                help='Allow to perform insecure SSL (https) requests to '
-                     'glance'),
-    cfg.IntOpt('num_retries',
-               default=0,
-               help='Number of retries when uploading / downloading an image '
-                    'to / from glance.'),
-    cfg.ListOpt('allowed_direct_url_schemes',
-                default=[],
-                help='A list of url scheme that can be downloaded directly '
-                     'via the direct_url.  Currently supported schemes: '
-                     '[file].'),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('verify_glance_signatures',
-                default=False,
-                help='Require Nova to perform signature verification on '
-                     'each image downloaded from Glance.'),
-    ]
-
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.register_opts(glance_opts, 'glance')
+CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('auth_strategy', 'nova.api.auth')
 
 supported_glance_versions = (1, 2)
diff --git a/nova/opts.py b/nova/opts.py
index 9cf184236b39..92aea0c5bb05 100644
--- a/nova/opts.py
+++ b/nova/opts.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import nova.db.base
 import nova.db.sqlalchemy.api
 import nova.exception
 import nova.image.download.file
-import nova.image.glance
 import nova.ipv6.api
 import nova.netconf
 import nova.notifications
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ def list_opts():
         ('cinder', nova.volume.cinder.cinder_opts),
         ('api_database', nova.db.sqlalchemy.api.api_db_opts),
         ('database', nova.db.sqlalchemy.api.oslo_db_options.database_opts),
-        ('glance', nova.image.glance.glance_opts),
         ('image_file_url', [nova.image.download.file.opt_group]),
         ('spice',
          itertools.chain(
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/image/test_glance.py b/nova/tests/unit/image/test_glance.py
index b0c339803047..b70bb1a34410 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/image/test_glance.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/image/test_glance.py
@@ -20,17 +20,18 @@ from six.moves import StringIO
 import cryptography
 import glanceclient.exc
 import mock
-from oslo_config import cfg
+
 from oslo_service import sslutils
 import six
 import testtools
 
+import nova.conf
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception
 from nova.image import glance
 from nova import test
 
-CONF = cfg.CONF
+CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 NOW_GLANCE_FORMAT = "2010-10-11T10:30:22.000000"
 
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/xenapi/image/glance.py b/nova/virt/xenapi/image/glance.py
index 3a368acb9183..6e0454c3230b 100644
--- a/nova/virt/xenapi/image/glance.py
+++ b/nova/virt/xenapi/image/glance.py
@@ -16,18 +16,17 @@
 import functools
 import sys
 
-from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 import six
 
 from nova.compute import utils as compute_utils
+import nova.conf
 from nova import exception
 from nova.image import glance
 from nova import utils
 from nova.virt.xenapi import vm_utils
 
-CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('num_retries', 'nova.image.glance', group='glance')
+CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)