diff --git a/manifests/cinder.pp b/manifests/cinder.pp
index ce8a1e039..cce2c5f22 100644
--- a/manifests/cinder.pp
+++ b/manifests/cinder.pp
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
 #   <service_type>:<service_name>:<endpoint_type>
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
+# [*http_retries*]
+#   (optional) Number of times cinderclient should retry on any failed http
+#   call.
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
 class nova::cinder (
   $password            = $::os_service_default,
   $auth_type           = $::os_service_default,
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ class nova::cinder (
   $user_domain_name    = 'Default',
   $os_region_name      = $::os_service_default,
   $catalog_info        = $::os_service_default,
+  $http_retries        = $::os_service_default,
 ) {
 
   include nova::deps
@@ -93,5 +99,6 @@ class nova::cinder (
     'cinder/user_domain_name':    value => $user_domain_name;
     'cinder/os_region_name':      value => $os_region_name_real;
     'cinder/catalog_info':        value => $catalog_info_real;
+    'cinder/http_retries':        value => $http_retries;
   }
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/cinder-http_retries-9e53569312f18cb8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-http_retries-9e53569312f18cb8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..122c4b88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-http_retries-9e53569312f18cb8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The new ``nova::cinder::http_retries`` parameter has been added.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_cinder_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_cinder_spec.rb
index 9f7fb328d..1004ba85c 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_cinder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_cinder_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe 'nova::cinder' do
         should contain_nova_config('cinder/user_domain_name').with_value('Default')
         should contain_nova_config('cinder/os_region_name').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
         should contain_nova_config('cinder/catalog_info').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
+        should contain_nova_config('cinder/http_retries').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
       end
 
     end
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ describe 'nova::cinder' do
           :region_name         => 'RegionOne',
           :os_region_name      => 'RegionOne',
           :catalog_info        => 'volumev3:cinderv3:publicURL',
+          :http_retries        => 3,
         }
       end
 
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ describe 'nova::cinder' do
         should contain_nova_config('cinder/user_domain_name').with_value('Default')
         should contain_nova_config('cinder/os_region_name').with_value('RegionOne')
         should contain_nova_config('cinder/catalog_info').with_value('volumev3:cinderv3:publicURL')
+        should contain_nova_config('cinder/http_retries').with_value(3)
       end
 
     end