diff --git a/manifests/agent/polling.pp b/manifests/agent/polling.pp
index 667f6afd..f5b2a9e2 100644
--- a/manifests/agent/polling.pp
+++ b/manifests/agent/polling.pp
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 #   (Optional) Use ipmi namespace for polling agent.
 #   Defaults to true.
 #
-# [*coordination_url*]
-#   (Optional) The url to use for distributed group membership coordination.
-#   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
-#
 # [*instance_discovery_method*]
 #   (Optional) method to discovery instances running on compute node
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
@@ -58,6 +54,12 @@
 #   This is used only if manage_polling is true.
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
+# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+#
+# [*coordination_url*]
+#   (Optional) The url to use for distributed group membership coordination.
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
 class ceilometer::agent::polling (
   $manage_service            = true,
   $enabled                   = true,
@@ -65,17 +67,23 @@ class ceilometer::agent::polling (
   $central_namespace         = true,
   $compute_namespace         = true,
   $ipmi_namespace            = true,
-  $coordination_url          = $::os_service_default,
   $instance_discovery_method = $::os_service_default,
   $manage_polling            = false,
   $polling_interval          = 600,
   $polling_meters            = $::ceilometer::params::polling_meters,
   $polling_config            = undef,
+  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+  $coordination_url          = undef,
 ) inherits ceilometer {
 
   include ceilometer::deps
   include ceilometer::params
 
+  if $coordination_url != undef {
+    warning('The coordination_url parameter has been deprecated. Use ceilometer::coordination instead')
+    include ceilometer::coordination
+  }
+
   if $central_namespace {
     $central_namespace_name = 'central'
   } else {
@@ -144,17 +152,6 @@ class ceilometer::agent::polling (
     tag        => 'ceilometer-service',
   }
 
-  if $coordination_url == undef {
-    warning('Usage of undef for the coordination_url parameter has been deprecated. \
-Use $::os_service_default instead')
-    $coordination_url_real = $::os_service_default
-  } else {
-    $coordination_url_real = $coordination_url
-  }
-  ceilometer_config {
-    'coordination/backend_url': value => $coordination_url_real
-  }
-
   if $manage_polling {
     if $polling_config {
       validate_legacy(Hash, 'validate_hash', $polling_config)
diff --git a/manifests/coordination.pp b/manifests/coordination.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bc8127f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/coordination.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# == Class: ceilometer::coordination
+#
+# Setup and configure Ceilometer coordination settings.
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+# [*backend_url*]
+#   (Optional) Coordination backend URL.
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
+class ceilometer::coordination (
+  $backend_url    = $::os_service_default,
+) {
+
+  include ceilometer::deps
+
+  $backend_url_real = pick($::ceilometer::agent::polling::coordination_url, $backend_url)
+
+  oslo::coordination{ 'ceilometer_config':
+    backend_url => $backend_url_real
+  }
+}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/coordination-6e5105e0558f3e5b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/coordination-6e5105e0558f3e5b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1eedcb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/coordination-6e5105e0558f3e5b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The new ``ceilometer::coordination`` class has been added.
+
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``ceilometer::agent::polling::coordination_url`` parameter has been
+    deprecated in favor of the new ``ceilometer::coordination`` class.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb
index 6b5c3deb..fcd908fa 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ describe 'ceilometer::agent::polling' do
         :tag        => 'ceilometer-service',
       )}
 
-      it { should contain_ceilometer_config('coordination/backend_url').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>') }
       it { should_not contain_file('polling') }
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_coordination_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_coordination_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91b2b52b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_coordination_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'ceilometer::coordination' do
+  shared_examples 'ceilometer::coordination' do
+    context 'with default parameters' do
+      it {
+        is_expected.to contain_oslo__coordination('ceilometer_config').with(
+          :backend_url => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>'
+        )
+      }
+    end
+
+    context 'with specified parameters' do
+      let :params do
+        {
+          :backend_url    => 'etcd3+http://127.0.0.1:2379',
+        }
+      end
+
+      it {
+        is_expected.to contain_oslo__coordination('ceilometer_config').with(
+          :backend_url => 'etcd3+http://127.0.0.1:2379'
+        )
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  on_supported_os({
+    :supported_os => OSDefaults.get_supported_os
+  }).each do |os,facts|
+    context "on #{os}" do
+      let (:facts) do
+        facts.merge(OSDefaults.get_facts())
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'ceilometer::coordination'
+    end
+  end
+end