diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91d7efb496..9914b1ed69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ The defined phases are:
 * **local** - extracts ``localrc`` from ``local.conf`` before ``stackrc`` is sourced
 * **post-config** - runs after the layer 2 services are configured and before they are started
 * **extra** - runs after services are started and before any files in ``extra.d`` are executed
+* **post-extra** - runs after files in ``extra.d`` are executed
 
 The file is processed strictly in sequence; meta-sections may be specified more than once but if any settings are duplicated the last to appear in the file will be used.
 
diff --git a/extras.d/80-tempest.sh b/extras.d/80-tempest.sh
index 75b702c700..0186e36aee 100644
--- a/extras.d/80-tempest.sh
+++ b/extras.d/80-tempest.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ if is_service_enabled tempest; then
         echo_summary "Initializing Tempest"
         configure_tempest
         init_tempest
+    elif [[ "$1" == "stack" && "$2" == "post-extra" ]]; then
+        # local.conf Tempest option overrides
+        :
     fi
 
     if [[ "$1" == "unstack" ]]; then
diff --git a/extras.d/README.md b/extras.d/README.md
index 88e4265ced..1dd17da2d6 100644
--- a/extras.d/README.md
+++ b/extras.d/README.md
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ sourced with one or more arguments, the first of which defines the hook phase:
     source: always called first in any of the scripts, used to set the
         initial defaults in a lib/* script or similar
 
-    stack: called by stack.sh.  There are three possible values for
+    stack: called by stack.sh.  There are four possible values for
         the second arg to distinguish the phase stack.sh is in:
 
-        arg 2:  install | post-config | extra
+        arg 2:  install | post-config | extra | post-extra
 
     unstack: called by unstack.sh
 
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 0f4329adb9..af01faa01e 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -1277,6 +1277,13 @@ if [[ -d $TOP_DIR/extras.d ]]; then
     done
 fi
 
+# Local Configuration
+# ===================
+
+# Apply configuration from local.conf if it exists for layer 2 services
+# Phase: post-extra
+merge_config_group $TOP_DIR/local.conf post-extra
+
 
 # Run local script
 # ================