diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 601af7150..95a826989 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ Features
   `ironic inspector <https://docs.openstack.org/developer/ironic-inspector/>`_
 * Containerised workloads on bare metal using `OpenStack magnum
   <https://docs.openstack.org/developer/magnum/>`_
+* Big data on bare metal using `OpenStack sahara
+  <https://docs.openstack.org/developer/sahara/>`_
 
 In the near future we aim to add support for the following:
 
-* Big data on bare metal using `OpenStack sahara
-  <https://docs.openstack.org/developer/sahara/>`_
 * Control plane and workload monitoring and log aggregation using `OpenStack
   monasca <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Monasca>`_
 * Virtualised compute using `OpenStack nova
diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/kolla b/ansible/group_vars/all/kolla
index b44208c0a..66c5e8b9f 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/kolla
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/kolla
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ controller_container_image_regex_map:
     enabled: True
   - regex: rabbitmq
     enabled: True
+  - regex: sahara
+    enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_sahara | bool }}"
   - regex: swift
     enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_swift | bool }}"
   - regex: tgtd
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ kolla_enable_glance: "yes"
 kolla_enable_ironic: "yes"
 kolla_enable_neutron: "yes"
 kolla_enable_magnum: "no"
+kolla_enable_sahara: "no"
 kolla_enable_swift: "yes"
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/ansible/kolla-openstack.yml b/ansible/kolla-openstack.yml
index b54c18394..81fb2cb0f 100644
--- a/ansible/kolla-openstack.yml
+++ b/ansible/kolla-openstack.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
             - { name: neutron, file: neutron.conf }
             - { name: neutron_ml2, file: neutron/ml2_conf.ini }
             - { name: nova, file: nova.conf }
+            - { name: sahara, file: sahara.conf }
 
         - name: Initialise a fact containing extra configuration
           set_fact:
@@ -94,3 +95,4 @@
       kolla_extra_neutron: "{{ kolla_extra_config.neutron | default }}"
       kolla_extra_neutron_ml2: "{{ kolla_extra_config.neutron_ml2 | default }}"
       kolla_extra_nova: "{{ kolla_extra_config.nova | default }}"
+      kolla_extra_sahara: "{{ kolla_extra_config.sahara | default }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/defaults/main.yml
index c981608dd..b2f783a4b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/defaults/main.yml
@@ -228,3 +228,12 @@ kolla_enable_nova:
 
 # Free form extra configuration to append to nova.conf.
 kolla_extra_nova:
+
+###############################################################################
+# Sahara configuration.
+
+# Whether to enable sahara.
+kolla_enable_sahara:
+
+# Free form extra configuration to append to sahara.conf.
+kolla_extra_sahara:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml
index 9ab7506ff..97c7d3ee6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     - { src: neutron.conf.j2, dest: neutron.conf, enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_neutron }}" }
     - { src: nova.conf.j2, dest: nova.conf, enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_nova }}" }
     - { src: pxelinux.default.j2, dest: ironic/pxelinux.default, enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_ironic }}" }
+    - { src: sahara.conf.j2, dest: sahara.conf, enabled: "{{ kolla_enable_sahara }}" }
   when: "{{ item.enabled | bool }}"
 
 - name: Ensure the ironic inspector kernel and ramdisk exist
diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/templates/sahara.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/templates/sahara.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..995cfe9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/templates/sahara.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+{% if kolla_extra_sahara %}
+#######################
+# Extra configuration
+#######################
+
+{{ kolla_extra_sahara }}
+{% endif %}