diff --git a/playbooks/ansible.cfg b/playbooks/ansible.cfg
index f722999307..76a7bbae05 100644
--- a/playbooks/ansible.cfg
+++ b/playbooks/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [defaults]
 # Additional plugins
 lookup_plugins = plugins/lookups
+filter_plugins = plugins/filters
 
 gathering = smart
 hostfile = inventory
diff --git a/playbooks/plugins/filters/osad-filters.py b/playbooks/plugins/filters/osad-filters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e532d14580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/plugins/filters/osad-filters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 2015, Rackspace US, 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.
+#
+# (c) 2015, Kevin Carter <kevin.carter@rackspace.com>
+
+"""Filter usage:
+
+Simple filters that may be useful from within the stack
+"""
+
+
+def bit_length_power_of_2(value):
+    """Return the smallest power of 2 greater than a numeric value.
+
+    :param value: Number to find the smallest power of 2
+    :type value: ``int``
+    :returns: ``int``
+    """
+    return 2**(int(value)-1).bit_length()
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    """Ansible jinja2 filters."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def filters():
+        return {
+            'bit_length_power_of_2': bit_length_power_of_2
+        }
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/openstack_hosts/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/openstack_hosts/defaults/main.yml
index 3528353252..59963c1d1b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/openstack_hosts/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/openstack_hosts/defaults/main.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ openstack_host_apt_packages:
   - vlan
   - wget
 
+# The following garbage collection values are set to better support lots of neutron networks/routers.
+#  Used for setting the net.ipv4/6.neigh.default.gc_thresh* values. This assumes that facts were
+#  gathered to obtain the total amount of memory available on a given host. If no facts are gathered
+#  the default set will be 1024 unless its defined by the user.
+gc_val: "{{ ansible_memtotal_mb | default(1024) | bit_length_power_of_2 }}"
+# The ste value has a Max allowable value of 8192 unless set by the user.
+set_gc_val: "{{ gc_val if (gc_val | int <= 8192) else 8192 }}"
+
 # System control kernel tuning
 openstack_kernel_options:
   - { key: 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches', value: 36864 }
@@ -84,3 +92,15 @@ openstack_kernel_options:
   - { key: 'vm.dirty_background_ratio', value: 5 }
   - { key: 'vm.dirty_ratio', value: 10 }
   - { key: 'vm.swappiness', value: 5 }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int // 2 }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int * 2 }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv4.route.gc_thresh', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int * 2 }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_interval', value: 60 }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time', value: 120 }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int // 2 }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int * 2 }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv6.route.gc_thresh', value: "{{ set_gc_val | int * 2 }}" }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_interval', value: 60 }
+  - { key: 'net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time', value: 120 }