diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 82a3c92ba..479972378 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@
 #   (optional) Whether the cinder::client class should be used to install the cinder client.
 #   Defaults to true
 #
+#  [*allow_resize_to_same_host*]
+#   (optional) Allow destination machine to match source for resize. Note that this
+#   is also settable in the compute class. In some sitautions you need it set here
+#   and in others you need it set there.
+#   Defaults to false
+#
 # DEPRECATED
 #
 # [*keystone_ec2_url*]
@@ -298,6 +304,7 @@ class nova::api(
   $enable_instance_password             = $::os_service_default,
   $password_length                      = $::os_service_default,
   $install_cinder_client                = true,
+  $allow_resize_to_same_host            = false,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETER
   $conductor_workers                    = undef,
   $ec2_listen_port                      = undef,
@@ -532,4 +539,6 @@ as a standalone service, or httpd for being run by a httpd server")
     $validation_options_hash = merge ($defaults, $validation_options)
     create_resources('openstacklib::service_validation', $validation_options_hash, {'subscribe' => 'Service[nova-api]'})
   }
+
+  ensure_resource('nova_config', 'DEFAULT/allow_resize_to_same_host', { value => $allow_resize_to_same_host })
 }
diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 3710947b9..4368ae65b 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@
 #    Defaults to undef
 #
 #  [*allow_resize_to_same_host*]
-#    (optional) Allow destination machine to match source for resize.
-#    Useful when testing in single-host environments.
-#    Defaults to false
+#   (optional) Allow destination machine to match source for resize.
+#   Useful when testing in single-host environments. Note that this
+#   can also be set in the api.pp class.
+#   Defaults to false
 #
 #  [*vcpu_pin_set*]
 #    (optional) A list or range of physical CPU cores to reserve
@@ -233,7 +234,6 @@ is used. It will be removed once Nova removes it.")
     'DEFAULT/reserved_host_memory_mb':           value => $reserved_host_memory;
     'DEFAULT/compute_manager':                   value => $compute_manager;
     'DEFAULT/heal_instance_info_cache_interval': value => $heal_instance_info_cache_interval;
-    'DEFAULT/allow_resize_to_same_host':         value => $allow_resize_to_same_host;
     'DEFAULT/pci_passthrough_whitelist':         value => $pci_passthrough_real;
     'DEFAULT/vcpu_pin_set':                      value => $vcpu_pin_set_real;
     'key_manager/api_class':                     value => $keymgr_api_class;
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ is used. It will be removed once Nova removes it.")
     'barbican/barbican_api_version':             value => $barbican_api_version;
   }
 
+  ensure_resource('nova_config', 'DEFAULT/allow_resize_to_same_host', { value => $allow_resize_to_same_host })
+
   if ($vnc_enabled) {
     include ::nova::vncproxy::common
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/allow_resize_to_same_host_in_nova_api-b9c171d80404e009.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/allow_resize_to_same_host_in_nova_api-b9c171d80404e009.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d216fb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/allow_resize_to_same_host_in_nova_api-b9c171d80404e009.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - allow_resize_to_same_host can now be set in nova-api.
+    For ephemeral nodes, this needs to only be set
+    in nova-api and so including the other classes is
+    overkill.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
index 26303473c..ce83fa175 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/enable_network_quota').with('value' => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/enable_instance_password').with('value' => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/password_length').with('value' => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/allow_resize_to_same_host').with('value' => false)
       end
 
       it 'unconfigures neutron_metadata proxy' do
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
           :enable_network_quota                 => false,
           :enable_instance_password             => true,
           :password_length                      => 12,
-          :pci_alias                            => "[{\"vendor_id\":\"8086\",\"product_id\":\"0126\",\"name\":\"graphic_card\"},{\"vendor_id\":\"9096\",\"product_id\":\"1520\",\"name\":\"network_card\"}]"
+          :pci_alias                            => "[{\"vendor_id\":\"8086\",\"product_id\":\"0126\",\"name\":\"graphic_card\"},{\"vendor_id\":\"9096\",\"product_id\":\"1520\",\"name\":\"network_card\"}]",
+          :allow_resize_to_same_host            => true,
         })
       end
 
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/enable_network_quota').with('value' => false)
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/enable_instance_password').with('value' => true)
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/password_length').with('value' => '12')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/allow_resize_to_same_host').with('value' => true)
       end
 
       it 'configures nova pci_alias entries' do