diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index e5c78d8fe1..99cd843ea1 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ function create_nova_conf() {
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT instance_usage_audit "True"
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT instance_usage_audit_period "hour"
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT notify_on_state_change "vm_and_task_state"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT notification_driver "nova.openstack.common.notifier.rpc_notifier"
     fi
 
     # Provide some transition from ``EXTRA_FLAGS`` to ``EXTRA_OPTS``