diff --git a/environments/puppet-pacemaker-no-restart.yaml b/environments/puppet-pacemaker-no-restart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67d8692de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/puppet-pacemaker-no-restart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# use this file *in addition* to puppet-pacemaker.yaml
+resource_registry:
+  OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPostPuppetRestart: OS::Heat::None
diff --git a/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml b/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml
index e632645393..75ad28ec9c 100644
--- a/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml
+++ b/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ resource_registry:
   OS::TripleO::ControllerConfig: ../puppet/controller-config-pacemaker.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPrePuppet: ../extraconfig/tasks/pre_puppet_pacemaker.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPostPuppet: ../extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker.yaml
+  OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPostPuppetRestart: ../extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker_restart.yaml
 
   # custom pacemaker services
   # NOTE: For now we will need to specify overrides to all services
diff --git a/extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker.yaml b/extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker.yaml
index fbed9ce5cc..b62502f829 100644
--- a/extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker.yaml
+++ b/extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker.yaml
@@ -29,20 +29,9 @@ resources:
       config: {get_resource: ControllerPostPuppetMaintenanceModeConfig}
       input_values: {get_param: input_values}
 
-  ControllerPostPuppetRestartConfig:
-    type: OS::Heat::SoftwareConfig
-    properties:
-      group: script
-      config:
-        list_join:
-        - ''
-        - - get_file: pacemaker_common_functions.sh
-          - get_file: pacemaker_resource_restart.sh
-
-  ControllerPostPuppetRestartDeployment:
-    type: OS::Heat::SoftwareDeployments
+  ControllerPostPuppetRestart:
+    type: OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPostPuppetRestart
     depends_on: ControllerPostPuppetMaintenanceModeDeployment
     properties:
       servers:  {get_param: servers}
-      config: {get_resource: ControllerPostPuppetRestartConfig}
       input_values: {get_param: input_values}
diff --git a/extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker_restart.yaml b/extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker_restart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52760c87f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker_restart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+heat_template_version: 2014-10-16
+description: 'Post-Puppet restart config for Pacemaker deployments'
+
+parameters:
+  servers:
+    type: json
+  input_values:
+     type: json
+     description: input values for the software deployments
+
+resources:
+
+  ControllerPostPuppetRestartConfig:
+    type: OS::Heat::SoftwareConfig
+    properties:
+      group: script
+      config:
+        list_join:
+        - ''
+        - - get_file: pacemaker_common_functions.sh
+          - get_file: pacemaker_resource_restart.sh
+
+  ControllerPostPuppetRestartDeployment:
+    type: OS::Heat::SoftwareDeployments
+    properties:
+      servers:  {get_param: servers}
+      config: {get_resource: ControllerPostPuppetRestartConfig}
+      input_values: {get_param: input_values}