diff --git a/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq-env.conf.tpl b/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq-env.conf.tpl
index 43b5af75da..8ec2b98c64 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq-env.conf.tpl
+++ b/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq-env.conf.tpl
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ AUTOCLUSTER_DELAY={{ .Values.autocluster.delay }}
 RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME=true
 AUTOCLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL={{ .Values.autocluster.log_level }}
 NODENAME="rabbit@${RABBITMQ_POD_IP}"
+RABBITMQ_NODE_TYPE={{ .Values.autocluster.node_type }}
diff --git a/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq.config.tpl b/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq.config.tpl
index c80b088c77..271b1a72e1 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq.config.tpl
+++ b/rabbitmq/templates/etc/_rabbitmq.config.tpl
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
      ,{etcd_scheme, http}
      ,{etcd_host, {{ .Values.endpoints.etcd.hosts.default }}}
      ,{etcd_port, {{ .Values.endpoints.etcd.port }}}
+     ,{node_type, {{ .Values.autocluster.node_type }} }
    ]}
 ].
 % EOF
diff --git a/rabbitmq/values.yaml b/rabbitmq/values.yaml
index 09b3f93699..a6f157c429 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/values.yaml
+++ b/rabbitmq/values.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ endpoints:
 autocluster:
   log_level: info
   delay: 15
+  node_type: disc
 
 probes_delay: 180
 probes_timeout: 10