diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index a90fda84a8..efbab24129 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -434,9 +434,10 @@ node 'devstack-launch02.slave.openstack.org' {
 node 'proposal.slave.openstack.org' {
   include openstack_project
   class { 'openstack_project::proposal_slave':
-    transifex_username     => 'openstackjenkins',
-    transifex_password     => hiera('transifex_password'),
-    jenkins_ssh_public_key => $openstack_project::jenkins_ssh_key,
+    transifex_username      => 'openstackjenkins',
+    transifex_password      => hiera('transifex_password'),
+    jenkins_ssh_public_key  => $openstack_project::jenkins_ssh_key,
+    jenkins_ssh_private_key => hiera('jenkins_ssh_private_key_contents'),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/proposal_slave.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/proposal_slave.pp
index 979205c87b..2153c9297a 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/proposal_slave.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/proposal_slave.pp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #
 class openstack_project::proposal_slave (
   $jenkins_ssh_public_key,
+  $jenkins_ssh_private_key,
   $transifex_password = '',
   $transifex_username = 'openstackci',
 ) {
@@ -27,4 +28,12 @@ class openstack_project::proposal_slave (
     content => template('openstack_project/transifexrc.erb'),
     require => User['jenkins'],
   }
+
+  file { '/home/jenkins/.ssh/id_rsa':
+    owner   => 'jenkins',
+    group   => 'jenkins',
+    mode    => '0400',
+    require => File['/home/jenkins/.ssh'],
+    content => $jenkins_ssh_private_key,
+  }
 }