diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index b0af48aec4..e6d3107b4e 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ function create_nova_conf {
     # Format logging
     setup_logging $NOVA_CONF
 
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF upgrade_levels compute "auto"
+
     write_uwsgi_config "$NOVA_UWSGI_CONF" "$NOVA_UWSGI" "/compute"
     write_uwsgi_config "$NOVA_METADATA_UWSGI_CONF" "$NOVA_METADATA_UWSGI" "" ":${METADATA_SERVICE_PORT}"