diff --git a/manifests/compute/api.pp b/manifests/compute/api.pp
index 75abc2a3..36710126 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/api.pp
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class cloud::compute::api(
     }
   }
 
+  include 'nova::cron::archive_deleted_rows'
+
   @@haproxy::balancermember{"${::fqdn}-compute_api_ec2":
     listening_service => 'ec2_api_cluster',
     server_names      => $::hostname,
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_api_spec.rb
index 8c2aede1..292fbbdf 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_api_spec.rb
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::api' do
         )
     end
 
+    it 'configure a crontab that move deleted instance rows to another database table' do
+      is_expected.to contain_class('nova::cron::archive_deleted_rows')
+    end
+
     context 'with default firewall enabled' do
       let :pre_condition do
         "class { 'cloud': manage_firewall => true }"