diff --git a/ceilometer/nova_client.py b/ceilometer/nova_client.py
index e8b67b8ef..a7421a6d9 100644
--- a/ceilometer/nova_client.py
+++ b/ceilometer/nova_client.py
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ from oslo.config import cfg
 
 from ceilometer.openstack.common import log
 
+nova_opts = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('nova_http_log_debug',
+                default=False,
+                help='Allow novaclient\'s debug log output.'),
+]
+cfg.CONF.register_opts(nova_opts)
 cfg.CONF.import_group('service_credentials', 'ceilometer.service')
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -55,6 +61,7 @@ class Client(object):
             endpoint_type=conf.os_endpoint_type,
             cacert=conf.os_cacert,
             insecure=conf.insecure,
+            http_log_debug=cfg.CONF.nova_http_log_debug,
             no_cache=True)
 
     def _with_flavor_and_image(self, instances):
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/test_novaclient.py b/ceilometer/tests/test_novaclient.py
index b6c21c332..3606baffe 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/test_novaclient.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/test_novaclient.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import mock
 import novaclient
 
 from ceilometer import nova_client
+from ceilometer.openstack.common.fixture import config
 from ceilometer.openstack.common.fixture import mockpatch
 from ceilometer.openstack.common import test
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class TestNovaClient(test.BaseTestCase):
         self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(
             self.nv.nova_client.images, 'get',
             side_effect=self.fake_images_get))
+        self.CONF = self.useFixture(config.Config()).conf
 
     def fake_flavors_get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self._flavors_count += 1
@@ -233,3 +235,8 @@ class TestNovaClient(test.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(instance.kernel_id)
         self.assertIsNone(instance.image)
         self.assertIsNone(instance.ramdisk_id)
+
+    def test_with_nova_http_log_debug(self):
+        self.CONF.set_override("nova_http_log_debug", True)
+        self.nv = nova_client.Client()
+        self.assertTrue(self.nv.nova_client.client.http_log_debug)
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index e6a41fb02..ea81502e0 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ control_exchange                 ceilometer                            AMQP exch
 database_connection              mongodb://localhost:27017/ceilometer  Database connection string
 metering_api_port                8777                                  The port for the ceilometer API server
 reseller_prefix                  AUTH\_                                Prefix used by swift for reseller token
+nova_http_log_debug              False                                 Log request/response parameters between nova and ceilometer
 ===============================  ====================================  ==============================================================
 
 Service polling authentication