diff --git a/puppet/services/keystone.yaml b/puppet/services/keystone.yaml
index af494016da..60d194bcf2 100644
--- a/puppet/services/keystone.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/keystone.yaml
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ parameters:
   KeystoneFernetKeys:
     type: json
     description: Mapping containing keystone's fernet keys and their paths.
+  KeystoneFernetMaxActiveKeys:
+    type: number
+    description: The maximum active keys in the keystone fernet key repository.
+    default: 5
   ManageKeystoneFernetKeys:
     type: boolean
     default: true
@@ -258,6 +262,7 @@ outputs:
             keystone_ssl_certificate_key: {get_param: KeystoneSSLCertificateKey}
             keystone::token_provider: {get_param: KeystoneTokenProvider}
             keystone::enable_fernet_setup: {if: [keystone_fernet_tokens, true, false]}
+            keystone::fernet_max_active_keys: {get_param: KeystoneFernetMaxActiveKeys}
             keystone::enable_proxy_headers_parsing: true
             keystone::enable_credential_setup: true
             keystone::credential_keys:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/max-active-fernet-keys-f960f08838a75eee.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/max-active-fernet-keys-f960f08838a75eee.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c10753aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/max-active-fernet-keys-f960f08838a75eee.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - KeystoneFernetMaxActiveKeys was introduced as a parameter to the keystone
+    profile. It sets the max_active_keys value of the keystone.conf file and
+    will subsequently be used by mistral to purge the keys in a mistral task.