diff --git a/nova/objects/cell_mapping.py b/nova/objects/cell_mapping.py
index 74bdccd01882..00273ee33041 100644
--- a/nova/objects/cell_mapping.py
+++ b/nova/objects/cell_mapping.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from oslo_utils import versionutils
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import asc
 
 from nova.db.sqlalchemy import api as db_api
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ from nova.objects import fields
 @base.NovaObjectRegistry.register
 class CellMapping(base.NovaTimestampObject, base.NovaObject):
     # Version 1.0: Initial version
-    VERSION = '1.0'
+    # Version 1.1: Added disabled field
+    VERSION = '1.1'
 
     CELL0_UUID = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
 
@@ -32,7 +34,15 @@ class CellMapping(base.NovaTimestampObject, base.NovaObject):
         'name': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
         'transport_url': fields.StringField(),
         'database_connection': fields.StringField(),
-        }
+        'disabled': fields.BooleanField(default=False),
+    }
+
+    def obj_make_compatible(self, primitive, target_version):
+        super(CellMapping, self).obj_make_compatible(primitive, target_version)
+        target_version = versionutils.convert_version_to_tuple(target_version)
+        if target_version < (1, 1):
+            if 'disabled' in primitive:
+                del primitive['disabled']
 
     @property
     def identity(self):
diff --git a/nova/tests/fixtures.py b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
index fbc9be16f9f4..9928b7f58d99 100644
--- a/nova/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ class SingleCellSimple(fixtures.Fixture):
                  'uuid': uuidsentinel.cell1,
                  'name': 'onlycell',
                  'transport_url': 'fake://nowhere/',
-                 'database_connection': 'sqlite:///'}]
+                 'database_connection': 'sqlite:///',
+                 'disabled': False}]
 
     @contextmanager
     def _fake_target_cell(self, context, target_cell):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py
index 9b8dc31f6bd2..241dde241a73 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ def get_db_mapping(**updates):
             'database_connection': 'sqlite:///',
             'created_at': None,
             'updated_at': None,
-            }
+            'disabled': False,
+    }
     db_mapping.update(updates)
     return db_mapping
 
@@ -116,6 +117,14 @@ class _TestCellMappingObject(object):
         cm = objects.CellMapping(uuid=uuids.cell1, name='foo')
         self.assertEqual('%s(foo)' % uuids.cell1, cm.identity)
 
+    def test_obj_make_compatible(self):
+        cell_mapping_obj = cell_mapping.CellMapping(context=self.context)
+        fake_cell_mapping_copy = dict(get_db_mapping())
+        self.assertIn('disabled', fake_cell_mapping_copy)
+        cell_mapping_obj.obj_make_compatible(fake_cell_mapping_copy, '1.0')
+        self.assertIn('uuid', fake_cell_mapping_copy)
+        self.assertNotIn('disabled', fake_cell_mapping_copy)
+
 
 class TestCellMappingObject(test_objects._LocalTest,
                             _TestCellMappingObject):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
index f1975e55257e..741bef3adb86 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ object_data = {
     'BlockDeviceMappingList': '1.17-1e568eecb91d06d4112db9fd656de235',
     'BuildRequest': '1.3-077dee42bed93f8a5b62be77657b7152',
     'BuildRequestList': '1.0-cd95608eccb89fbc702c8b52f38ec738',
-    'CellMapping': '1.0-7f1a7e85a22bbb7559fc730ab658b9bd',
+    'CellMapping': '1.1-5d652928000a5bc369d79d5bde7e497d',
     'CellMappingList': '1.0-4ee0d9efdfd681fed822da88376e04d2',
     'ComputeNode': '1.18-431fafd8ac4a5f3559bd9b1f1332cc22',
     'ComputeNodeList': '1.17-52f3b0962b1c86b98590144463ebb192',