diff --git a/nova/policy.py b/nova/policy.py
index 6a2bc8192da5..f494b323ede2 100644
--- a/nova/policy.py
+++ b/nova/policy.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 """Policy Engine For Nova."""
+import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
@@ -155,3 +156,23 @@ def get_rules():
 
 def register_rules(enforcer):
     enforcer.register_defaults(policies.list_rules())
+
+
+def get_enforcer():
+    # This method is for use by oslopolicy CLI scripts. Those scripts need the
+    # 'output-file' and 'namespace' options, but having those in sys.argv means
+    # loading the Nova config options will fail as those are not expected to
+    # be present. So we pass in an arg list with those stripped out.
+    conf_args = []
+    # Start at 1 because cfg.CONF expects the equivalent of sys.argv[1:]
+    i = 1
+    while i < len(sys.argv):
+        if sys.argv[i].strip('-') in ['namespace', 'output-file']:
+            i += 2
+            continue
+        conf_args.append(sys.argv[i])
+        i += 1
+
+    cfg.CONF(conf_args, project='nova')
+    init()
+    return _ENFORCER
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/oslopolicy-scripts-957b364b8ffd7c3f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/oslopolicy-scripts-957b364b8ffd7c3f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f386765abefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/oslopolicy-scripts-957b364b8ffd7c3f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Nova is now configured to work with two oslo.policy CLI scripts that have
+    been added.
+
+    The first of these can be called like
+    "oslopolicy-list-redundant --namespace nova" and will output a list of
+    policy rules in policy.[json|yaml] that match the project defaults. These
+    rules can be removed from the policy file as they have no effect there.
+
+    The second script can be called like
+    "oslopolicy-policy-generator --namespace nova --output-file policy-merged.yaml"
+    and will populate the policy-merged.yaml file with the effective policy.
+    This is the merged results of project defaults and config file overrides.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index af43ef9c26e4..17c1304faf90 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ oslo.config.opts =
 oslo.config.opts.defaults =
     nova.api = nova.common.config:set_middleware_defaults
 
+oslo.policy.enforcer =
+    nova = nova.policy:get_enforcer
+
 oslo.policy.policies =
     # The sample policies will be ordered by entry point and then by list
     # returned from that entry point. If more control is desired split out each