diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 450935bf..d675bf1b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -361,12 +361,17 @@ nova_nfs_client: []
 # Enble and define nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool to use rbd as nova backend
 #nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool: vms
 nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool: ''
-nova_ceph_client: '{{ cinder_ceph_client }}'
+nova_ceph_client: "{{ cinder_ceph_client }}"
 
 # Enabled upstream if RBD is in use on cinder backends, which requires that
 # ceph be deployed on the nova compute hosts to enable volume backed instances.
 nova_cinder_rbd_inuse: False
 
+# Enable compute nodes to retrieve images from RBD directly rather then through
+# HTTP if images_type is NOT set to RBD. Must be False if nova images stored in RBD.
+nova_glance_rbd_inuse: False
+nova_glance_images_rbd_pool: "{{ glance_rbd_store_pool | default('images') }}"
+
 # Used to determine if we need a Ceph client
 nova_rbd_inuse: "{{ (nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool | length > 0) or (nova_cinder_rbd_inuse | bool) }}"
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova_glance_rbd-ab6e9b0f5dd7b9ec.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova_glance_rbd-ab6e9b0f5dd7b9ec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..213223a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova_glance_rbd-ab6e9b0f5dd7b9ec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    New variables ``nova_glance_rbd_inuse`` and ``nova_glance_images_rbd_pool`` have
+    been implemented that allows deployer to easily configure nova to retrieve glance
+    images from RBD directly, if nova uses local storage for ephemeral drives.
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8e3dd54b..49182215 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
   when:
     - nova_virt_type != 'ironic'
     - nova_services['nova-compute']['group'] in group_names
-    - nova_rbd_inuse | bool
+    - (nova_rbd_inuse | bool) or (nova_glance_rbd_inuse | bool)
   tags:
     - ceph
 
diff --git a/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/templates/nova.conf.j2
index 90800102..0d89d772 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ enabled = False
 # Glance
 [glance]
 insecure = {{ keystone_service_internaluri_insecure | bool }}
+{% if nova_glance_rbd_inuse | bool %}
+rbd_user = {{ nova_ceph_client }}
+rbd_pool = {{ nova_glance_images_rbd_pool }}
+rbd_ceph_conf = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+{% endif %}
 
 # Neutron
 [neutron]