diff --git a/manifests/compute/consoleproxy.pp b/manifests/compute/consoleproxy.pp
index 6b517f66..bfd815d1 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/consoleproxy.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/consoleproxy.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #   (optional) Nova's console type (spice or novnc)
 #   Defaults to 'novnc'
 #
+# [*protocol*]
+#   (optional) Nova's console protocol.
+#   Defaults to 'http'
+#
 # [*novnc_port*]
 #   (optional) TCP port to bind Nova novnc service.
 #   Defaults to '6080'
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@
 class cloud::compute::consoleproxy(
   $api_eth           = '127.0.0.1',
   $console           = 'novnc',
+  $protocol          = 'http',
   $novnc_port        = '6080',
   $spice_port        = '6082',
   $firewall_settings = {},
@@ -52,24 +57,27 @@ class cloud::compute::consoleproxy(
 
   case $console {
     'spice': {
-      $port  = $spice_port
-      $proxy = 'spicehtml5proxy'
+      $port = $spice_port
+      class { 'nova::spicehtml5proxy':
+        enabled => true,
+        host    => $api_eth,
+        port    => $port
+      }
     }
     'novnc': {
-      $port  = $novnc_port
-      $proxy = 'vncproxy'
+      $port = $novnc_port
+      class { 'nova::vncproxy':
+        enabled           => true,
+        host              => $api_eth,
+        port              => $port,
+        vncproxy_protocol => $protocol
+      }
     }
     default: {
       fail("Unsupported console type ${console}")
     }
   }
 
-  class { "nova::${proxy}":
-    enabled => true,
-    host    => $api_eth,
-    port    => $port
-  }
-
   if $::cloud::manage_firewall {
     cloud::firewall::rule{ "100 allow ${console} access":
       port   => $port,
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_consoleproxy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_consoleproxy_spec.rb
index 953e27c1..8856f920 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_consoleproxy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_consoleproxy_spec.rb
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::consoleproxy' do
 
     it 'configure nova-vncproxy' do
       is_expected.to contain_class('nova::vncproxy').with(
-        :enabled => true,
-        :host    => '10.0.0.1',
-        :port    => '6080'
+        :enabled           => true,
+        :host              => '10.0.0.1',
+        :port              => '6080',
+        :vncproxy_protocol => 'http'
       )
     end