diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index c4834b7a84..23f680a59c 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -779,9 +779,15 @@ are needed::
     DOWNLOAD_DEFAULT_IMAGES=False
     IMAGE_URLS="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/xenial-server-cloudimg-s390x-disk1.img"
 
+    # Provide a custom etcd3 binary download URL and ints sha256.
+    # The binary must be located under '/<etcd version>/etcd-<etcd-version>-linux-s390x.tar.gz'
+    # on this URL.
+    # Build instructions for etcd3: https://github.com/linux-on-ibm-z/docs/wiki/Building-etcd
+    ETCD_DOWNLOAD_URL=<your-etcd-download-url>
+    ETCD_SHA256=<your-etcd3-sha256>
+
     enable_service n-sproxy
     disable_service n-novnc
-    disable_service etcd3  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1693192
 
     [[post-config|$NOVA_CONF]]
 
@@ -803,8 +809,11 @@ Reasoning:
   needed if you want to use the *serial console* outside of the all-in-one
   setup.
 
-* The service ``etcd3`` needs to be disabled as long as bug report
-  https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1693192 is not resolved.
+* A link to an etcd3 binary and its sha256 needs to be provided as the
+  binary for s390x is not hosted on github like it is for other
+  architectures. For more details see
+  https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1693192. Etcd3 can easily be
+  built along https://github.com/linux-on-ibm-z/docs/wiki/Building-etcd.
 
 .. note:: To run *Tempest* against this *Devstack* all-in-one, you'll need
    to use a guest image which is smaller than 1GB when uncompressed.
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index c2bbe21aca..92a939f164 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ ETCD_SHA256_AMD64="4fde194bbcd259401e2b5c462dfa579ee7f6af539f13f130b8f5b4f52e3b3
 # NOTE(sdague): etcd v3.1.7 doesn't have anything for these architectures, though 3.2.0 does.
 ETCD_SHA256_ARM64=""
 ETCD_SHA256_PPC64=""
+ETCD_SHA256_S390X=""
 # Make sure etcd3 downloads the correct architecture
 if is_arch "x86_64"; then
     ETCD_ARCH="amd64"
@@ -729,6 +730,16 @@ elif is_arch "aarch64"; then
 elif is_arch "ppc64le"; then
     ETCD_ARCH="ppc64le"
     ETCD_SHA256=${ETCD_SHA256:-$ETCD_SHA256_PPC64}
+elif is_arch "s390x"; then
+    # An etcd3 binary for s390x is not available on github like it is
+    # for other arches. Only continue if a custom download URL was
+    # provided.
+    if [[ -n "${ETCD_DOWNLOAD_URL}" ]]; then
+        ETCD_ARCH="s390x"
+        ETCD_SHA256=${ETCD_SHA256:-$ETCD_SHA256_S390X}
+    else
+        exit_distro_not_supported "etcd3. No custom ETCD_DOWNLOAD_URL provided."
+    fi
 else
     exit_distro_not_supported "invalid hardware type - $ETCD_ARCH"
 fi