diff --git a/manifests/compute/api.pp b/manifests/compute/api.pp
index d653dfd9..0297b55a 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/api.pp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class cloud::compute::api(
     api_bind_address                     => $api_eth,
     metadata_listen                      => $api_eth,
     neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret => $neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret,
+    osapi_v3                             => true,
   }
 
   @@haproxy::balancermember{"${::fqdn}-compute_api_ec2":
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_controller_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_controller_spec.rb
index 5054e5c9..9f5c2034 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_controller_spec.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::controller' do
           :admin_password                       => 'secrete',
           :api_bind_address                     => '10.0.0.1',
           :metadata_listen                      => '10.0.0.1',
-          :neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret => 'secrete'
+          :neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret => 'secrete',
+          :osapi_v3                             => true
         )
     end