diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/README.md b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/README.md
index 55dd7c04e..27260711f 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/README.md
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ test_vm_memory_size: Tunable setting to allow a user to define a specific
                      between test runs, you may need to undefine the test
                      virtual machine(s) that were previously created.
 
+test_vm_num_nodes: Tunable setting to allow a user to define the number of
+                   test VMs that will be created. They will all be created
+                   with same settings.
+
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml
index 88891df7f..c20a283c6 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 # defaults file for bifrost-create-vm-nodes
 baremetal_csv_file: "/tmp/baremetal.csv"
 test_vm_memory_size: "3072"
+test_vm_num_nodes: "1"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml
index c73574aa5..41c1ee435 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
   environment:
     NODEOUTPUT: "{{baremetal_csv_file}}"
     VM_RAM: "{{ test_vm_memory_size }}"
+    NODECOUNT: "{{ test_vm_num_nodes }}"
   register: task_create_vm_nodes
   ignore_errors: yes
   delegate_to: localhost