diff --git a/etc/openstack_deploy/env.d/extra_container.yml.example b/etc/openstack_deploy/env.d/extra_container.yml.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75d944ea48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/openstack_deploy/env.d/extra_container.yml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2014, 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.
+
+component_skel:
+  example_api:
+    belongs_to:
+      # This is a meta group of a given component type.
+      - example_all
+
+container_skel:
+  example_api_container:
+    belongs_to:
+      # This is a group of containers mapped to a physical host.
+      - example-infra_containers
+    contains:
+      # This maps back to an item in the component_skel.
+      - example_api
+    properties:
+      # These are arbitrary key value pairs.
+      service_name: example_service
+      # This is the image that the lxc container will be built from.
+      container_release: trusty
+
+physical_skel:
+  # This maps back to items in the container_skel.
+  example-infra_containers:
+    belongs_to:
+      - all_containers
+  # This is a required pair for the container physical entry.
+  example-infra_hosts:
+    belongs_to:
+      - hosts
diff --git a/playbooks/inventory/dynamic_inventory.py b/playbooks/inventory/dynamic_inventory.py
index b3cfcc9558..5c18473fe1 100755
--- a/playbooks/inventory/dynamic_inventory.py
+++ b/playbooks/inventory/dynamic_inventory.py
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ def _merge_dict(base_items, new_items):
 
 
 def _extra_config(user_defined_config, base_dir):
-    """Discover new items in a conf.d directory and add the new values.
+    """Discover new items in any extra directories and add the new values.
 
     :param user_defined_config: ``dict``
     :param base_dir: ``str``
@@ -919,6 +919,11 @@ def main():
             % (env_version, version)
         )
 
+    # Load anything in an env.d directory if found
+    env_plugins = os.path.join(local_path, 'env.d')
+    if os.path.isdir(env_plugins):
+        _extra_config(user_defined_config=environment, base_dir=env_plugins)
+
     # Load existing inventory file if found
     dynamic_inventory_file = os.path.join(
         local_path, 'openstack_inventory.json'