diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/vars/main.yml
index 8033b354f..21ce7c583 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/vars/main.yml
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ kolla_openstack_custom_config:
     dest: "{{ kolla_node_custom_config_path }}/nova"
     patterns: "*"
     enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_nova }}"
-  # Nova.
+  - src: "{{ kolla_extra_config_path }}/nova_compute"
+    dest: "{{ kolla_node_custom_config_path }}/nova_compute"
+    patterns: "*"
+    enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_nova }}"
   - src: "{{ kolla_nova_libvirt_certificates_src }}"
     dest: "{{ kolla_node_custom_config_path }}/nova/nova-libvirt"
     patterns:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/kolla-config-nova-compute-3c2b18b04ce9d417.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/kolla-config-nova-compute-3c2b18b04ce9d417.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64aaf6dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/kolla-config-nova-compute-3c2b18b04ce9d417.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds support for copying ``$KAYOBE_CONFIG_PATH/kolla/config/nova_compute``
+    to Kolla configuration. This folder can contain a `Nova release file
+    <https://opendev.org/openstack/nova/src/branch/master/etc/nova/release.sample>`__
+    which can configure the ``vendor`` or ``product`` strings used by Nova.