diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 74c4334d8..1f499ef97 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ class nova::compute (
 
   $image_type_exclude_list_real = pick(join(any2array($image_type_exclude_list), ','), $::os_service_default)
 
+  include nova::policy
+
   include nova::pci
   include nova::compute::pci
   include nova::compute::mdev
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
index 905aa6dd7..30d51b22b 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ describe 'nova::compute' do
         :ensure => 'present',
       ) }
 
+      it { is_expected.to contain_class('nova::policy') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_class('nova::availability_zone') }
 
       it 'installs mkisofs package and sets config_drive_format' do