diff --git a/docker/services/nova-libvirt.yaml b/docker/services/nova-libvirt.yaml
index 8f151cfe20..d20c093d65 100644
--- a/docker/services/nova-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/docker/services/nova-libvirt.yaml
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ outputs:
                   - /var/lib/libvirt:/var/lib/libvirt
                   - /var/log/libvirt/qemu:/var/log/libvirt/qemu:ro
                   - /var/log/containers/nova:/var/log/nova
+                  - /var/lib/vhost_sockets:/var/lib/vhost_sockets
                 -
                   if:
                     - use_tls_for_live_migration
@@ -252,6 +253,30 @@ outputs:
             - /etc/libvirt/qemu
             - /var/lib/libvirt
             - /var/log/containers/nova
+        # qemu user on host will be cretaed by libvirt package install, ensure
+        # the qemu user created with same uid/gid as like libvirt package.
+        # These specific values are required since ovs is running on host.
+        # Once ovs with DPDK is containerized, we could modify this uid/gid
+        # to match with kolla config values.
+        - name: ensure qemu group is present on the host
+          group:
+            name: qemu
+            gid: 107
+            state: present
+        - name: ensure qemu user is present on the host
+          user:
+            name: qemu
+            uid: 107
+            group: qemu
+            state: present
+            shell: /sbin/nologin
+            comment: qemu user
+        - name: create directory for vhost-user sockets with qemu ownership
+          file:
+            path: /var/lib/vhost_sockets
+            state: directory
+            owner: qemu
+            group: qemu
         - name: ensure ceph configurations exist
           file:
             path: /etc/ceph