diff --git a/rpc_deployment/playbooks/openstack/horizon.yml b/rpc_deployment/playbooks/openstack/horizon.yml
index a33cea0dcf..704e8e6132 100644
--- a/rpc_deployment/playbooks/openstack/horizon.yml
+++ b/rpc_deployment/playbooks/openstack/horizon.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     - openstack_common
     - openstack_openrc
     - horizon_common
+  vars_files:
+    - vars/openstack_service_vars/horizon.yml
 
 - hosts: horizon_all[0]
   user: root
diff --git a/rpc_deployment/roles/horizon_common/templates/local_settings.py b/rpc_deployment/roles/horizon_common/templates/local_settings.py
index 79fe645bd6..1fa42dac1d 100644
--- a/rpc_deployment/roles/horizon_common/templates/local_settings.py
+++ b/rpc_deployment/roles/horizon_common/templates/local_settings.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ IMAGE_CUSTOM_PROPERTY_TITLES = {
 # OPENSTACK_ENDPOINT_TYPE specifies the endpoint type to use for the endpoints
 # in the Keystone service catalog. Use this setting when Horizon is running
 # external to the OpenStack environment. The default is 'publicURL'.
-#OPENSTACK_ENDPOINT_TYPE = "publicURL"
+OPENSTACK_ENDPOINT_TYPE = " {{ horizon_endpoint_type }} "
 
 # SECONDARY_ENDPOINT_TYPE specifies the fallback endpoint type to use in the
 # case that OPENSTACK_ENDPOINT_TYPE is not present in the endpoints
diff --git a/rpc_deployment/vars/openstack_service_vars/horizon.yml b/rpc_deployment/vars/openstack_service_vars/horizon.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c371a832c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc_deployment/vars/openstack_service_vars/horizon.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2014, Rackspace US, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# The variables file used by the playbooks in the nova-api-ec2 group.
+# These don't have to be explicitly imported by vars_files: they are autopopulated.
+
+horizon_endpoint_type: internalURL