diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 9b8b5c1012..926fac8cca 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -234,8 +234,9 @@ node /^ci-backup-.*\.openstack\.org$/ {
 
 node 'devstack-launch.slave.openstack.org' {
   class { 'openstack_project::devstack_launch_slave':
-    jenkins_api_user => hiera('jenkins_api_user'),
-    jenkins_api_key  => hiera('jenkins_api_key')
+    jenkins_api_user        => hiera('jenkins_api_user'),
+    jenkins_api_key         => hiera('jenkins_api_key'),
+    jenkins_ssh_private_key => hiera('jenkins_ssh_private_key_contents')
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/devstack_launch_slave.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/devstack_launch_slave.pp
index 2b1e8b55fa..d082096b2a 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/devstack_launch_slave.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/devstack_launch_slave.pp
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 class openstack_project::devstack_launch_slave (
   $jenkins_api_user,
-  $jenkins_api_key
+  $jenkins_api_key,
+  $jenkins_ssh_private_key,
 ) {
 
   class { 'openstack_project::slave':
@@ -46,4 +47,12 @@ class openstack_project::devstack_launch_slave (
     content => template('openstack_project/devstack-gate-secure.conf.erb'),
     require => File['/home/jenkins'],
   }
+
+  file { '/home/jenkins/.ssh/id_rsa':
+    owner   => 'jenkins',
+    group   => 'jenkins',
+    mode    => '0400',
+    require => File['/home/jenkins/.ssh'],
+    content => $jenkins_ssh_private_key,
+  }
 }