diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume.pp b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume.pp
index b9cee83c1..503b3f922 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume.pp
@@ -163,8 +163,17 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume (
     if $cinder_enable_rbd_backend {
       include ::tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::rbd
       $cinder_rbd_backend_name = hiera('cinder::backend::rbd::volume_backend_name', 'tripleo_ceph')
+
+      $cinder_rbd_extra_pools = hiera('tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::rbd::cinder_rbd_extra_pools', undef)
+      if $cinder_rbd_extra_pools {
+          $base_name = $cinder_rbd_backend_name
+          $cinder_rbd_extra_backend_names = $cinder_rbd_extra_pools.map |$pool_name| { "${base_name}_${pool_name}" }
+      } else {
+          $cinder_rbd_extra_backend_names = undef
+      }
     } else {
       $cinder_rbd_backend_name = undef
+      $cinder_rbd_extra_backend_names = undef
     }
 
     if $cinder_enable_scaleio_backend {
@@ -181,8 +190,9 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume (
       $cinder_veritas_hyperscale_backend_name = undef
     }
 
-    $backends = delete_undef_values([$cinder_iscsi_backend_name,
+    $backends = delete_undef_values(concat([], $cinder_iscsi_backend_name,
                                       $cinder_rbd_backend_name,
+                                      $cinder_rbd_extra_backend_names,
                                       $cinder_pure_backend_name,
                                       $cinder_dellps_backend_name,
                                       $cinder_dellsc_backend_name,
@@ -193,7 +203,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume (
                                       $cinder_nfs_backend_name,
                                       $cinder_scaleio_backend_name,
                                       $cinder_veritas_hyperscale_backend_name,
-                                      $cinder_user_enabled_backends])
+                                      $cinder_user_enabled_backends))
     # NOTE(aschultz): during testing it was found that puppet 3 may incorrectly
     # include a "" in the previous array which is not removed by the
     # delete_undef_values function. So we need to make sure we don't have any
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/rbd.pp b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/rbd.pp
index dee2e726f..149f5a607 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/rbd.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/rbd.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 #   (Optional) The name of the RBD pool to use
 #   Defaults to 'volumes'
 #
+# [*cinder_rbd_extra_pools*]
+#   (Optional) List of additional pools to use for Cinder. A separate RBD
+#   backend is created for each additional pool.
+#   Defaults to undef
+#
 # [*cinder_rbd_secret_uuid*]
 #   (Optional) UUID of the of the libvirt secret storing the Cephx key
 #   Defaults to 'ceph::profile::params::fsid'
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::rbd (
   $backend_name            = hiera('cinder::backend::rbd::volume_backend_name', 'tripleo_ceph'),
   $cinder_rbd_backend_host = hiera('cinder::host', 'hostgroup'),
   $cinder_rbd_pool_name    = 'volumes',
+  $cinder_rbd_extra_pools  = undef,
   $cinder_rbd_secret_uuid  = hiera('ceph::profile::params::fsid', undef),
   $cinder_rbd_user_name    = 'openstack',
   $step                    = Integer(hiera('step')),
@@ -60,6 +66,17 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::rbd (
       rbd_user        => $cinder_rbd_user_name,
       rbd_secret_uuid => $cinder_rbd_secret_uuid,
     }
+
+    if $cinder_rbd_extra_pools {
+      $cinder_rbd_extra_pools.each |$pool_name| {
+        cinder::backend::rbd { "${backend_name}_${pool_name}" :
+          backend_host    => $cinder_rbd_backend_host,
+          rbd_pool        => $pool_name,
+          rbd_user        => $cinder_rbd_user_name,
+          rbd_secret_uuid => $cinder_rbd_secret_uuid,
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/multiple-cinder-rbd-backend-ef2767baf771b741.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/multiple-cinder-rbd-backend-ef2767baf771b741.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd41990c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/multiple-cinder-rbd-backend-ef2767baf771b741.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add support for specifying a list of Ceph pools to be used for additional
+    Cinder RBD backends. This is in addition to the Ceph pool associated with
+    the first Cinder RBD backend. The list of extra pools is optional, and
+    defaults to an empty list.
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_rbd_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_rbd_spec.rb
index 559b836f3..f986e7cd2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_rbd_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_rbd_spec.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::rbd' do
             :backend_name            => 'poodles',
             :cinder_rbd_backend_host => 'fe80::fc54:ff:fe9e:7846',
             :cinder_rbd_pool_name    => 'poolname',
+            :cinder_rbd_extra_pools  => ['aplenty', 'galore'],
             :cinder_rbd_secret_uuid  => 'secretuuid',
             :cinder_rbd_user_name    => 'kcatsnepo'
           })
@@ -65,6 +66,18 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::rbd' do
             :rbd_user        => 'kcatsnepo',
             :rbd_secret_uuid => 'secretuuid'
           )
+          is_expected.to contain_cinder__backend__rbd('poodles_aplenty').with(
+            :backend_host    => 'fe80::fc54:ff:fe9e:7846',
+            :rbd_pool        => 'aplenty',
+            :rbd_user        => 'kcatsnepo',
+            :rbd_secret_uuid => 'secretuuid'
+          )
+          is_expected.to contain_cinder__backend__rbd('poodles_galore').with(
+            :backend_host    => 'fe80::fc54:ff:fe9e:7846',
+            :rbd_pool        => 'galore',
+            :rbd_user        => 'kcatsnepo',
+            :rbd_secret_uuid => 'secretuuid'
+          )
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_spec.rb
index 03f5325cd..fab47cfa1 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_cinder_volume_spec.rb
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume' do
             :enabled_backends => ['tripleo_ceph']
           )
         end
+        context 'additional rbd pools' do
+          # The list of additional rbd pools is not an input, but instead comes
+          # from hiera. Step 4's hiera data doesn't define additional RBD pools,
+          # so test the feature by defining extra pools in step 5 (see
+          # ../fixtures/hieradata/step5.yaml).
+          let(:params) { { :step => 5 } }
+          it 'should configure additional rbd backends' do
+            is_expected.to contain_class('cinder::backends').with(
+              :enabled_backends => ['tripleo_ceph', 'tripleo_ceph_foo', 'tripleo_ceph_bar']
+            )
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       context 'with only user backend' do
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/hieradata/step5.yaml b/spec/fixtures/hieradata/step5.yaml
index 442420f31..c85b4cb24 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/hieradata/step5.yaml
+++ b/spec/fixtures/hieradata/step5.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 ---
 step: 5
+tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::rbd::cinder_rbd_extra_pools:
+  - 'foo'
+  - 'bar'