diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/README.md b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/README.md
index 27260711f..1abbb9503 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_domain_type: Tunable setting to allow a user to chosee the domain
+                     type of the created VMs. The default is "qemu" and can
+                     be set to kvm to enable kvm acceleration.
+
 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.
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml
index c20a283c6..42bf5330e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 baremetal_csv_file: "/tmp/baremetal.csv"
 test_vm_memory_size: "3072"
 test_vm_num_nodes: "1"
+test_vm_domain_type: "qemu"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/files/create_vm_nodes-for-role.sh b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/files/create_vm_nodes-for-role.sh
index 6be9af1c8..c6e052299 100755
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/files/create_vm_nodes-for-role.sh
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/files/create_vm_nodes-for-role.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #    # Create 3 nodes with base name of 'junk'
 #    sudo NODEBASE=junk NODECOUNT=3 create_nodes.sh
 #
+#   # Create 2 nodes that use KVM acceleration
+#    sudo VM_DOMAIN_TYPE=kvm NODECOUNT=2 create_nodes.sh
+#
 # THANKS
 #    Thanks to the author(s) of the ironic-supporting code within devstack,
 #    from which all of this is derived.
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ LIBVIRT_CONNECT_URI=${LIBVIRT_CONNECT_URI:-"qemu:///system"}
 export VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI="$LIBVIRT_CONNECT_URI"
 
 # VM specs
+VM_DOMAIN_TYPE=${VM_DOMAIN_TYPE:-qemu}
 VM_EMULATOR=${VM_EMULATOR:-/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64}
 VM_CPU=${VM_CPU:-1}
 VM_RAM=${VM_RAM:-3072}
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ VM_LOGDIR=/var/log/libvirt/baremetal_logs
 #   $6: Network bridge for the VMs
 #   $7: Path to VM emulator
 #   $8: Logging directory for the VMs
+#   $9: Domain type of the VM
 #############################################################################
 function create_node {
     NAME=$1
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ function create_node {
     BRIDGE=$6
     EMULATOR=$7
     LOGDIR=$8
+    DOMAIN_TYPE=$9
 
     LIBVIRT_NIC_DRIVER=${LIBVIRT_NIC_DRIVER:-"e1000"}
     LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL=${LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL:-"default"}
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ function create_node {
         chattr +C "$volume_path" || true
       fi
       vm_xml="
-<domain type='qemu'>
+<domain type='${DOMAIN_TYPE}'>
   <name>${NAME}</name>
   <memory unit='KiB'>${MEM}</memory>
   <vcpu>${CPU}</vcpu>
@@ -238,7 +244,7 @@ fi
 for (( i=1; i<=${NODECOUNT}; i++ ))
 do
     name=${NODEBASE}${i}
-    mac=$(create_node $name $VM_CPU $VM_RAM $VM_DISK amd64 $VM_NET_BRIDGE $VM_EMULATOR $VM_LOGDIR)
+    mac=$(create_node $name $VM_CPU $VM_RAM $VM_DISK amd64 $VM_NET_BRIDGE $VM_EMULATOR $VM_LOGDIR $VM_DOMAIN_TYPE)
 
     printf "$mac,root,undefined,192.168.122.1,$VM_CPU,$VM_RAM,$VM_DISK,flavor,type,a8cb6624-0d9f-c882-affc-046ebb96ec0${i},$name,192.168.122.$((i+1))\n" >>$TEMPFILE
 done
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml
index 41c1ee435..ba68f1197 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 }}"
+    VM_DOMAIN_TYPE: "{{ test_vm_domain_type }}"
     NODECOUNT: "{{ test_vm_num_nodes }}"
   register: task_create_vm_nodes
   ignore_errors: yes
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/kvm-acceleration-support-8be50d32bc34c4b3.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/kvm-acceleration-support-8be50d32bc34c4b3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63daa6dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/kvm-acceleration-support-8be50d32bc34c4b3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add support for kvm acceleration for the VMs created
+    by bifrost-create-vm-nodes. The default domain type
+    for the created VMs is qemu which uses tcg acceleration.
+    In order to use kvm acceleration, users need to set
+    VM_DOMAIN_TYPE to kvm.
diff --git a/scripts/test-bifrost.sh b/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
index 71360a21a..728badd40 100755
--- a/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ BUILD_IMAGE="false"
 # use cirros.
 
 VM_MEMORY_SIZE="3072"
+VM_DOMAIN_TYPE=qemu
 TEST_VM_NUM_NODES=1
 USE_CIRROS=true
 TESTING_USER=cirros
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ ${ANSIBLE} -vvvv \
        test-bifrost-create-vm.yaml \
        -e test_vm_num_nodes=${TEST_VM_NUM_NODES} \
        -e test_vm_memory_size=${VM_MEMORY_SIZE} \
+       -e test_vm_domain_type=${VM_DOMAIN_TYPE} \
        -e enable_venv=${ENABLE_VENV}
 
 if [ ${USE_DHCP} = "true" ]; then