diff --git a/ansible/roles/swift/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/swift/defaults/main.yml
index ec84027848..465c75f714 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/swift/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/swift/defaults/main.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ swift_admin_tenant_name: "admin"
 swift_devices_mount_point: "/srv/node"
 swift_devices_match_mode: "strict"
 swift_devices_name: "KOLLA_SWIFT_DATA"
+swift_delay_auth_decision: "False"
 
 openstack_swift_auth: "{{ openstack_auth }}"
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
index ecfe735be3..ded3f7489e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ user_domain_id = {{ default_user_domain_id }}
 project_name = service
 username = {{ swift_keystone_user }}
 password = {{ swift_keystone_password }}
+delay_auth_decision = {{ swift_delay_auth_decision }}
 
 memcache_security_strategy = ENCRYPT
 memcache_secret_key = {{ memcache_secret_key }}