diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/nova/api.pp b/manifests/profile/base/nova/api.pp
index e120d7aab..0785561cf 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/nova/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/nova/api.pp
@@ -144,9 +144,13 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::nova::api (
   }
 
   if $step >= 5 {
-    if hiera('nova_enable_db_purge', true) {
+    if hiera('nova_enable_db_archive', true) {
       include ::nova::cron::archive_deleted_rows
+      if hiera('nova_enable_db_purge', true) {
+        include ::nova::cron::purge_shadow_tables
+      }
     }
+
     # At step 5, we consider all nova-compute services started and registred to nova-conductor
     # So we want to update Nova Cells database to be aware of these hosts by executing the
     # nova-cell_v2-discover_hosts command again.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-purge-tables-4f2de7c7e12ccf0c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-purge-tables-4f2de7c7e12ccf0c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e3f4fc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-purge-tables-4f2de7c7e12ccf0c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds a new parameter to validate whether run
+    the archive or purge manifest for deleted instances
+    in Nova.