diff --git a/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample b/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample
index 5c114d8c6e..1ee1c0c87b 100644
--- a/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample
@@ -752,6 +752,23 @@
 #check_device_max_retries=20
 
 
+[drac]
+
+#
+# Options defined in ironic.drivers.modules.drac.client
+#
+
+# In case there is a communication failure, the DRAC client is
+# going to resend the request as many times as defined in this
+# setting. (integer value)
+#client_retry_count=5
+
+# In case there is a communication failure, the DRAC client is
+# going to wait for as many seconds as defined in this setting
+# before resending the request. (integer value)
+#client_retry_delay=5
+
+
 [glance]
 
 #
diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/client.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/client.py
index a2b23b8abe..00c775927f 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/client.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/client.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Wrapper for pywsman.Client
 import time
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
+from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import importutils
 
@@ -27,6 +28,25 @@ from ironic.drivers.modules.drac import common as drac_common
 
 pywsman = importutils.try_import('pywsman')
 
+opts = [
+    cfg.IntOpt('client_retry_count',
+               default=5,
+               help='In case there is a communication failure, the DRAC '
+                    'client is going to resend the request as many times as '
+                    'defined in this setting.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('client_retry_delay',
+               default=5,
+               help='In case there is a communication failure, the DRAC '
+                    'client is going to wait for as many seconds as defined '
+                    'in this setting before resending the request.')
+]
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+opt_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='drac',
+                         title='Options for the DRAC driver')
+CONF.register_group(opt_group)
+CONF.register_opts(opts, opt_group)
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _SOAP_ENVELOPE_URI = 'http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope'
@@ -41,9 +61,6 @@ RET_SUCCESS = '0'
 RET_ERROR = '2'
 RET_CREATED = '4096'
 
-RETRY_COUNT = 5
-RETRY_DELAY = 5
-
 
 def get_wsman_client(node):
     """Return a DRAC client object.
@@ -65,7 +82,7 @@ def retry_on_empty_response(client, action, *args, **kwargs):
     """Wrapper to retry an action on failure."""
 
     func = getattr(client, action)
-    for i in range(RETRY_COUNT):
+    for i in range(CONF.drac.client_retry_count):
         response = func(*args, **kwargs)
         if response:
             return response
@@ -81,7 +98,7 @@ def retry_on_empty_response(client, action, *args, **kwargs):
                          'response_code': client.response_code(),
                          'count': i + 1})
 
-            time.sleep(RETRY_DELAY)
+            time.sleep(CONF.drac.client_retry_delay)
 
 
 class Client(object):