diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index 91b5782ec4..b589ea62ad 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -421,6 +421,14 @@ parameters:
     default: ""
     tags:
       - role_specific
+  NovaImageCacheTTL:
+    type: number
+    description: >
+      Time in seconds that nova compute should continue caching an image once
+      it is no longer used by any instances on the host
+    default: 86400
+    tags:
+      - role_specific
 
   # DEPRECATED: the following options are deprecated and are currently maintained
   # for backwards compatibility. They will be removed in future release.
@@ -520,6 +528,7 @@ resources:
               nova::compute::max_disk_devices_to_attach: NovaMaxDiskDevicesToAttach
               nova::compute::libvirt::pmem_namespaces: NovaPMEMMappings
               nova_pmem_namespaces: NovaPMEMNamespaces
+              nova::compute::libvirt::remove_unused_original_minimum_age_seconds: NovaImageCacheTTL
             - values: {get_param: [RoleParameters]}
           - values:
               NovaVcpuPinSet: {get_param: NovaVcpuPinSet}
@@ -594,6 +603,7 @@ resources:
               NovaMaxDiskDevicesToAttach: {get_param: NovaMaxDiskDevicesToAttach}
               NovaPMEMMappings: {get_param: NovaPMEMMappings}
               NovaPMEMNamespaces: {get_param: NovaPMEMNamespaces}
+              NovaImageCacheTTL: {get_param: NovaImageCacheTTL}
 
 conditions:
   enable_instance_ha: {equals: [{get_param: EnableInstanceHA}, true]}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova_image_cache_ttl-824f241363b9dd4e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova_image_cache_ttl-824f241363b9dd4e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf07eaf3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova_image_cache_ttl-824f241363b9dd4e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add the NovaImageCacheTTL to the nova compute service.
+    This exposes the remove_unused_original_minimum_age_seconds from nova.conf
+    which controls the time (in seconds) that nova compute should continue
+    caching an image once it is no longer used by and instances on the host.
+    Defaults to 86400 (24hrs)