diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/main.yml
index 3fde5ec..3a02d5f 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - include: install-packages.yml
 - include: sync-time.yml
 - include: create-swap.yml
+- include: prepare-nova-kvm.yml
 - include: prepare-cinder-{{ cinder_storage_driver }}.yml
 - include: prepare-cinder-backup-{{ cinder_storage_backup_driver }}.yml
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/prepare-nova-kvm.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/prepare-nova-kvm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daddfa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/prepare-nova-kvm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+---
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2019 The Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+- name: Get node name from IDF for host "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+  set_fact:
+    node_name: "{{ item.key }}"
+  with_dict: "{{ idf.kolla.hostnames }}"
+  when: item.value == inventory_hostname
+
+- name: Set facts for the node "{{ node_name }}"
+  set_fact:
+    node: "{{ nodes | selectattr('name', 'equalto', node_name) | first }}"
+
+- name: Setup nested virtualization for Debian hosts
+  lineinfile:
+    path: "/etc/modprobe.d/qemu-system-x86.conf"
+    regexp: "^options kvm_intel nested=.*"
+    line: "options kvm_intel nested=1"
+    create: true
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+    - node.node.type == 'baremetal'
+
+- name: Setup nested virtualization for RedHat hosts
+  lineinfile:
+    path: "/etc/modprobe.d/kvm-nested.conf"
+    regexp: "^options kvm_intel nested=.*"
+    line: "options kvm_intel nested=1"
+    create: true
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+    - node.node.type == 'baremetal'
+
+- name: Reboot the machine
+  shell: "sleep 5 && reboot"
+  async: 1
+  poll: 0
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Wait for host to come back to life
+  wait_for_connection:
+    connect_timeout: 10
+    sleep: 5
+    delay: 120
+    timeout: 300
+  register: result
+  until: result | succeeded
+  retries: 3
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab: