diff --git a/files/smt.conf b/files/smt.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dcf8378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/smt.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#
+# A task to turn off smt
+#
+
+description "turn off the smt"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+
+task
+exec ppc64_cpu --smt=off
diff --git a/files/smt.service b/files/smt.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2aaeaee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/smt.service
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 2016, IBM Corp.
+#
+# 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.
+[Unit]
+Description=Disable SMT
+After=syslog.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ppc64_cpu --smt=off
+TimeoutSec=300
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/tasks/nova_compute_kvm.yml b/tasks/nova_compute_kvm.yml
index 498e8fa9..5e9c5d69 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_compute_kvm.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_compute_kvm.yml
@@ -79,4 +79,8 @@
     - nova-kvm
     - nova-libvirt
 
+- include: nova_disable_smt.yml
+  when:
+    - ansible_architecture == 'ppc64le'
+
 - include: nova_compute_kvm_virsh_net_remove.yml
diff --git a/tasks/nova_disable_smt.yml b/tasks/nova_disable_smt.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..336a6ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/nova_disable_smt.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2016 IBM Corp.
+#
+# 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: Disable SMT
+  command: /usr/sbin/ppc64_cpu --smt=off
+  failed_when: false
+  tags:
+    - kvm-disable-smt
+
+- name: Place the systemd init script
+  copy:
+    src: "smt.service"
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/smt.service"
+    mode: "0644"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+  when:
+    - pid1_name == "systemd"
+  notify:
+    - Reload systemd daemon
+
+- name: Upstart script to disable SMT
+  copy:
+    src: "smt.conf"
+    dest: "/etc/init/smt.conf"
+  when:
+    - pid1_name != "systemd"
+  notify:
+    - Reload upstart init scripts
diff --git a/tasks/nova_pre_install.yml b/tasks/nova_pre_install.yml
index 38a597c8..9f6afe3e 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_pre_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_pre_install.yml
@@ -111,3 +111,9 @@
   tags:
     - sudoers
     - nova-sudoers
+
+- name: Set default nova console for ppc64le
+  set_fact:
+    nova_console_type: "novnc"
+  when: ansible_architecture == 'ppc64le'
+