diff --git a/environments/compute-real-time-example.yaml b/environments/compute-real-time-example.yaml
index 4861b0cbbb..c472926018 100644
--- a/environments/compute-real-time-example.yaml
+++ b/environments/compute-real-time-example.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # A Heat environment that can be used to deploy a real-time compute node
 # Deploying a real-time compute node requires enabling hugepages for the
 # overcloud nodes, which is done by default for the ComputeRealTime role.
-# However, the CPU pinnings (IsolCpusList and NovaVcpuPinSet) need to be set in
-# an environment file like this, according to the hardware used for the
-# real-time compute nodes.
+# However, the CPU pinnings (IsolCpusList and NovaComputeCpuDedicatedSet)
+# need to be set in an environment file like this, according to the hardware
+# used for the real-time compute nodes.
 # Also the hugepages parameters in KernelArgs should be set accordingly
 # the memory of the real-time compute nodes.
 # It's also possible to overwrite the default values for other parameters like
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ parameter_defaults:
     ## Host configuration Parameters
 
     ## You must change these values accordingly to your hardware
-    IsolCpusList: "2,3"    # Logical CPUs list to be isolated from the host process (applied via cpu-partitioning tuned).
-                           # It is mandatory to provide isolated cpus for tuned to achieve optimal performance.
-                           # Example: "3-8,12-15,18"
-    NovaVcpuPinSet: "2,3"  # Cores to pin Nova instances to.  For maximum performance, select cores
-                           # on the same NUMA node(s) selected for previous settings.
+    IsolCpusList: "1-3,5-7"                # Logical CPUs list to be isolated from the host process
+                                           # (applied via cpu-partitioning tuned).
+                                           # It is mandatory to provide isolated cpus for tuned to
+                                           # achieve optimal performance.
+                                           # Example: "3-8,12-15,18"
+    NovaComputeCpuDedicatedSet: "1-3,5-7"  # Cores to pin Nova instances to.  For maximum
+                                           # performance, select cores on the same NUMA node(s)
+                                           # selected for previous settings.
+    NovaComputeCpuSharedSet: "0,4"         # Cores to pin emulator threads to.
 
     ## Space separated kernel args to configure hugepage. Deploying real-time
     ## requires enabling hugepages for the overcloud compute nodes.
diff --git a/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml b/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml
index 96762b81d1..ddc95d348a 100644
--- a/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml
+++ b/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
   ImageDefault: overcloud-realtime-compute
   RoleParametersDefault:
     TunedProfileName: "realtime-virtual-host"
-    KernelArgs: ""      # these must be set in an environment file or similar
-    IsolCpusList: ""    # according to the hardware of real-time nodes
-    NovaVcpuPinSet: ""  #
+    KernelArgs: ""                  # these must be set in an environment file or
+    IsolCpusList: ""                # similar according to the hardware of
+    NovaComputeCpuDedicatedSet: ""  # real-time nodes
+    NovaComputeCpuSharedSet: ""     #
     NovaLibvirtMemStatsPeriodSeconds: 0
   update_serial: 25
   ServicesDefault: