diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index 0fe950b6c2..4ed944cfcb 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ function configure_cinder {
     iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT os_privileged_user_password "$SERVICE_PASSWORD"
     iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT os_privileged_user_tenant "$SERVICE_PROJECT_NAME"
     iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT graceful_shutdown_timeout "$SERVICE_GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT"
+
+    # Set the backend url according to the configured dlm backend
+    if is_dlm_enabled; then
+        if [[ "$(dlm_backend)" == "zookeeper" ]]; then
+            iniset $CINDER_CONF coordination backend_url "zake://"
+        fi
+    fi
 }
 
 # create_cinder_accounts() - Set up common required cinder accounts