diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 41734c2d..70f3b9ff 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -265,8 +265,25 @@ cinder_services:
 # by the py_pkgs lookup.
 cinder_role_project_group: cinder_all
 
+# Define the following dictionary variable to enable qos settings on volumes.
+# cinder_qos_specs
+# - name: high-iops
+#   options:
+#     consumer: front-end
+#     read_iops_sec: 2000
+#     write_iops_sec: 2000
+#   cinder_volume_types:
+#     - volumes-1
+#     - volumes-2
+# - name: low-iops
+#   options:
+#     consumer: front-end
+#     write_iops_sec: 100
+
 ## Tunable overrides
 cinder_policy_overrides: {}
 cinder_rootwrap_conf_overrides: {}
 cinder_api_paste_ini_overrides: {}
 cinder_cinder_conf_overrides: {}
+
+_UUID_regex: "[0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12}"
diff --git a/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst b/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst
index dbd2abc5..72793138 100644
--- a/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst
@@ -461,3 +461,27 @@ each storage node that will use it.
    The ``cinder-volume.yml`` playbook will automatically install the
    ``nfs-common`` file across the hosts, transitioning from an LVM to a
    NetApp back end.
+
+Configuring cinder qos specs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Deployers may optionally define the variable ``cinder_qos_specs``
+to create qos specs.  This variable is a list of dictionaries that
+contain the options for each qos spec.  cinder volume-types may be
+assigned to a qos spec by defining the key ``cinder_volume_types`` in
+the desired qos spec dictionary.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    - name: high-iops
+      options:
+        consumer: front-end
+        read_iops_sec: 2000
+        write_iops_sec: 2000
+      cinder_volume_types:
+        - volumes-1
+        - volumes-2
+    - name: low-iops
+      options:
+        consumer: front-end
+        write_iops_sec: 100
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/qos-support-1c601862ab2f9825.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/qos-support-1c601862ab2f9825.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c14016e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/qos-support-1c601862ab2f9825.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Deployers can now define the varible ``cinder_qos_specs``
+    to create qos specs and assign those specs to desired
+    cinder volume types.
diff --git a/tasks/cinder_backends.yml b/tasks/cinder_backends.yml
index cacf5daa..e75b0370 100644
--- a/tasks/cinder_backends.yml
+++ b/tasks/cinder_backends.yml
@@ -42,3 +42,9 @@
     {% endfor %}
   with_dict: "{{ cinder_backends|default({}) }}"
   when: item.value.extra_volume_types is defined
+
+- include: cinder_qos.yml
+  static: no
+  when: cinder_qos_specs is defined
+  tags:
+    - cinder-qos
diff --git a/tasks/cinder_qos.yml b/tasks/cinder_qos.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0157622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cinder_qos.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2016, Walmart Stores, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+- name: Add in cinder qos types
+  shell: |
+    . {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/openrc
+    {{ cinder_bin }}/cinder qos-list | grep {{ item.name }} || \
+    {{ cinder_bin }}/cinder qos-create {{ item.name }}\
+    {% for k,v in item.options.iteritems() %} {{ k }}={{ v }}{% endfor %}
+  with_items: cinder_qos_specs
+  tags:
+    - cinder-qos
+
+- name: Associate qos types to volume types
+  shell: |
+    . {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/openrc
+    {% for vtype in item.cinder_volume_types %}
+    {{ cinder_bin }}/cinder qos-associate \
+      $({{ cinder_bin }}/cinder qos-list | grep {{ item.name }} | grep -oE "{{ _UUID_regex }}") \
+      $({{ cinder_bin }}/cinder type-list | grep {{ vtype }} | grep -oE "{{ _UUID_regex }}")
+    {% endfor %}
+  with_items: cinder_qos_specs
+  when:
+    - item.cinder_volume_types is defined
+  tags:
+    - cinder-qos
+    - cinder-qos-associate