diff --git a/scripts/add-compute.sh b/scripts/add-compute.sh
index 3f4aab36c4..d4826ebb09 100755
--- a/scripts/add-compute.sh
+++ b/scripts/add-compute.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 export OSA_REPO_PATH=${OSA_REPO_PATH:-"/opt/openstack-ansible"}
+export OSA_CONFIG_DIR=${OSA_CONFIG_DIR:-"/etc/openstack_deploy"}
 export HOSTS=${1:-""}
 
+export OSA_USER_RC=${OSA_USER_RC:-${OSA_CONFIG_DIR}/user.rc}
+
+if [[ -f ${OSA_USER_RC} ]]; then
+    . ${OSA_USER_RC}
+fi
+
 function define_tasks {
 
     if [[ ! -z ${PRE_OSA_TASKS} ]]; then