diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 2465ffed..66a63a0a 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -70,17 +70,27 @@ nova_api_db_max_pool_size: 120
 nova_api_db_pool_timeout: 30
 
 ## RabbitMQ info
+
+## Configuration for RPC communications
+nova_rpc_backend: rabbit
+nova_rpc_thread_pool_size: 64
+nova_rpc_conn_pool_size: 30
+nova_rpc_response_timeout: 60
+
 nova_rabbitmq_servers: 127.0.0.1
 nova_rabbitmq_port: 5672
 nova_rabbitmq_userid: nova
 nova_rabbitmq_vhost: /nova
 nova_rabbitmq_use_ssl: False
 
-## RPC
-nova_rpc_backend: rabbit
-nova_rpc_thread_pool_size: 64
-nova_rpc_conn_pool_size: 30
-nova_rpc_response_timeout: 60
+## Configuration for notifications communication, i.e. [oslo_messaging_notifications]
+nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid: "{{ nova_rabbitmq_userid }}"
+nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_password: "{{ nova_rabbitmq_password }}"
+nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost: "{{ nova_rabbitmq_vhost }}"
+nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_port: "{{ nova_rabbitmq_port }}"
+nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers: "{{ nova_rabbitmq_servers }}"
+nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_use_ssl: "{{ nova_rabbitmq_use_ssl }}"
+
 
 ## Nova virtualization Types
 # The nova_virt_types dictionary contains global overrides used for
diff --git a/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/templates/nova.conf.j2
index 40754c1e..24cf8354 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ osapi_compute_workers = {{ nova_osapi_compute_workers | default(api_threads) }}
 
 # Rpc all
 rpc_backend = {{ nova_rpc_backend }}
+transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in nova_rabbitmq_servers.split(',') %}{{ nova_rabbitmq_userid }}:{{ nova_rabbitmq_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ nova_rabbitmq_port }}/{{ nova_rabbitmq_vhost }}?rabbit_use_ssl={{ nova_rabbitmq_use_ssl }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 executor_thread_pool_size = {{ nova_rpc_thread_pool_size }}
 rpc_conn_pool_size = {{ nova_rpc_conn_pool_size }}
 rpc_response_timeout = {{ nova_rpc_response_timeout }}
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ notify_on_state_change = vm_and_task_state
 {% if nova_ceilometer_enabled %}
 [oslo_messaging_notifications]
 driver = messagingv2
+transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers.split(',') %}{{ nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid }}:{{ nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_port }}/{{ nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost }}?rabbit_use_ssl={{ nova_rabbitmq_telemetry_use_ssl }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 
 # Cache