diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4853dac9..89bbfb76 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -168,20 +168,29 @@ octavia_pip_packages:
   - python-troveclient
   - octavia
 
+octavia_api_init_overrides: {}
+octavia_worker_init_overrides: {}
+octavia_housekeeping_init_overrides: {}
+octavia_health_manager_init_overrides: {}
+
 ## Service Name-Group Mapping
 octavia_services:
   octavia-api:
     group: octavia_api
     service_name: octavia-api
+    init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_api_init_overrides }}"
   octavia-worker:
     group: octavia_worker
     service_name: octavia-worker
+    init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_worker_init_overrides }}"
   octavia-housekeeping:
     group: octavia_housekeeping
     service_name: octavia-housekeeping
+    init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_housekeeping_init_overrides }}"
   octavia-health-manager:
     group: octavia_health_manager
     service_name: octavia-health-manager
+    init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_health_manager_init_overrides }}"
 
 # Required secrets for the role
 octavia_required_secrets:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/octavia-init-config-overrides-ffce7e419061c4da.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/octavia-init-config-overrides-ffce7e419061c4da.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bfeb091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/octavia-init-config-overrides-ffce7e419061c4da.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+features:
+  - New variables have been added to allow a deployer to customize
+    a octavia systemd unit file to their liking.
+  - The task dropping the octavia systemd unit files now uses the
+    ``config_template`` action plugin allowing deployers access to
+    customize the unit files as they see fit without having to
+    load extra options into the defaults and polute the generic
+    systemd unit file with jinja2 variables and conditionals.
+
diff --git a/tasks/octavia_init_systemd.yml b/tasks/octavia_init_systemd.yml
index ef780b8e..39ea2415 100644
--- a/tasks/octavia_init_systemd.yml
+++ b/tasks/octavia_init_systemd.yml
@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@
   with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
 
 - name: Place the systemd init script
-  template:
+  config_template:
     src: "octavia-systemd-init.j2"
     dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ item.value.service_name }}.service"
     mode: "0644"
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
+    config_overrides: "{{ item.value.init_config_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "ini"
   with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
   notify:
     - Reload systemd daemon
diff --git a/templates/octavia-systemd-init.j2 b/templates/octavia-systemd-init.j2
index 724acaac..15af05c1 100644
--- a/templates/octavia-systemd-init.j2
+++ b/templates/octavia-systemd-init.j2
@@ -21,5 +21,14 @@ TimeoutSec=300
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=150
 
+# This creates a specific slice which all services will operate from
+#  The accounting options give us the ability to see resource usage through
+#  the `systemd-cgtop` command.
+Slice=octavia.slice
+CPUAccounting=true
+BlockIOAccounting=true
+MemoryAccounting=false
+TasksAccounting=true
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34b06547..00000000
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-# vars file for openstack-ansible-os_octavia
-
-octavia_services:
-  octavia_api:
-    service_name: octavia-api
-  octavia_worker:
-    service_name: octavia-worker
-  octavia_health_manager:
-    service_name: octavia-health-manager
-  octavia_housekeeping:
-    service_name: octavia-housekeeping
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