diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/nova_floating/nova_manage.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/nova_floating/nova_manage.rb
index d21c7e4e6..de3d71b67 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/nova_floating/nova_manage.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/nova_floating/nova_manage.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:nova_floating).provide(:nova_manage) do
   end
 
   def create
-     nova_manage("floating", "create", resource[:network])
+     nova_manage("floating", "create", '--pool', resource[:pool], resource[:network])
   end
 
   def destroy
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/nova_floating.rb b/lib/puppet/type/nova_floating.rb
index 4a497883a..6da29ecce 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/nova_floating.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/nova_floating.rb
@@ -9,4 +9,10 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:nova_floating) do
     newvalues(/^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\/[0-9]{1,2}$/)
   end
 
+  newparam(:pool) do
+    desc "Floating IP pool name. Default: 'nova'"
+    defaultto :nova
+    newvalues(/^.{1,255}$/)
+  end
+
 end