diff --git a/debian/nova-common.install b/debian/nova-common.install
index 92b5d3d418df..9b1bbf1473ee 100644
--- a/debian/nova-common.install
+++ b/debian/nova-common.install
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ debian/nova-manage.conf etc/nova
 nova/auth/novarc.template             usr/share/nova
 nova/cloudpipe/client.ovpn.template   usr/share/nova
 nova/compute/libvirt.xml.template     usr/share/nova
+nova/compute/interfaces.template      usr/share/nova
 usr/lib/python*/*-packages/nova/*
 CA/openssl.cnf.tmpl                   var/lib/nova/CA
 CA/geninter.sh                        var/lib/nova/CA
diff --git a/debian/nova-compute.conf b/debian/nova-compute.conf
index 5cd3f31ff0dc..e4ca3fe95e58 100644
--- a/debian/nova-compute.conf
+++ b/debian/nova-compute.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 --datastore_path=/var/lib/nova/keeper
 --instances_path=/var/lib/nova/instances
 --networks_path=/var/lib/nova/networks
+--simple_network_template=/usr/share/nova/interfaces.template
 --libvirt_xml_template=/usr/share/nova/libvirt.xml.template
 --vpn_client_template=/usr/share/nova/client.ovpn.template
 --credentials_template=/usr/share/nova/novarc.template