diff --git a/deployment/heat/onap-rke/nfs_vm_entrypoint.sh b/deployment/heat/onap-rke/nfs_vm_entrypoint.sh
index bb0c80a..ed1897a 100644
--- a/deployment/heat/onap-rke/nfs_vm_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/deployment/heat/onap-rke/nfs_vm_entrypoint.sh
@@ -225,7 +225,12 @@
 fi
 
 # Deploy ONAP
-helm deploy dev local/onap -f ~/oom/kubernetes/onap/resources/environments/public-cloud.yaml -f ~/integration-override.yaml --namespace $NAMESPACE --verbose
+if [ ! -z "__additional_override__" ]; then
+     helm deploy dev local/onap -f ~/oom/kubernetes/onap/resources/environments/public-cloud.yaml -f ~/integration-override.yaml -f __additional_override__ --namespace $NAMESPACE –verbose
+else
+     helm deploy dev local/onap -f ~/oom/kubernetes/onap/resources/environments/public-cloud.yaml -f ~/integration-override.yaml  --namespace $NAMESPACE –verbose
+fi
+
 
 # re-install original helm deploy plugin
 rsync -avt ~/oom/kubernetes/helm/plugins ~/.helm/
diff --git a/deployment/heat/onap-rke/onap-oom.yaml b/deployment/heat/onap-rke/onap-oom.yaml
index 7773497..2daf30a 100644
--- a/deployment/heat/onap-rke/onap-oom.yaml
+++ b/deployment/heat/onap-rke/onap-oom.yaml
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
           template:
             get_file: nfs_vm_entrypoint.sh
           params:
+            __additional_override__ : { get_param: additional_override} 
             __nfs_volume_id__: { get_resource: nfs_volume }
             __docker_proxy__: { get_param: docker_proxy }
             __apt_proxy__: { get_param: apt_proxy }
diff --git a/deployment/heat/onap-rke/scripts/deploy.sh b/deployment/heat/onap-rke/scripts/deploy.sh
index 5bb2f0a..935e694 100755
--- a/deployment/heat/onap-rke/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/heat/onap-rke/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 
 
 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 [ -n <number of VMs {2-15}> ][ -s <stack name> ][ -d <domain> ][ -i <integration_branch> ][ -o <oom_branch> ][ -r ][ -q ] <env>" 1>&2;
+    echo "Usage: $0 [-b staging] [ -n <number of VMs {2-15}> ][ -s <stack name> ][ -d <domain> ][ -i <integration_branch> ][ -o <oom_branch> ][ -r ][ -q ] <env>" 1>&2;
 
+    echo "b:    branch for staging image override This must be staging to trigger staging image override." 1>&2;
     echo "n:    Number of worker VMs to deploy. This number must be between 2 and 15." 1>&2;
     echo "s:    Stack name. This name will be used for naming of resources." 1>&2;
     echo "d:    Base domain name to be used in portal UI URLs." 1>&2;
@@ -39,8 +40,15 @@
 }
 
 
-while getopts ":n:s:d:i:o:rq" o; do
+while getopts ":b:n:s:d:i:o:rq" o; do
     case "${o}" in
+        b)
+            if [[ ! ${OPTARG} =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]];then
+                branch=${OPTARG}
+            else
+                branch=master
+            fi
+            ;;
         n)
             if [[ ${OPTARG} =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]];then
                 if [ ${OPTARG} -ge 2 -a ${OPTARG} -le 15 ]; then
@@ -147,8 +155,12 @@
         ./scripts/gen-onap-oom-yaml.sh $vm_num > onap-oom.yaml~
     fi
 
-    if ! openstack stack create -t ./onap-oom.yaml~ -e $ENV_FILE~ $stack_name --parameter integration_gerrit_branch=$integration_gerrit_branch --parameter oom_gerrit_branch=$oom_gerrit_branch --parameter portal_hostname=$portal_hostname; then
-        break
+    if [ "$branch" == "staging" ]  ; then
+          if ! openstack stack create -t ./onap-oom.yaml~ -e $ENV_FILE~ $stack_name --parameter integration_gerrit_branch=$integration_gerrit_branch --parameter oom_gerrit_branch=$oom_gerrit_branch --parameter portal_hostname=$portal_hostname --parameter additional_override="~/integration/deployment/heat/onap-rke/staging-image-override.yaml" ; then
+          break
+    else
+          if ! openstack stack create -t ./onap-oom.yaml~ -e $ENV_FILE~ $stack_name --parameter integration_gerrit_branch=$integration_gerrit_branch --parameter oom_gerrit_branch=$oom_gerrit_branch --parameter portal_hostname=$portal_hostname; then
+          break
     fi
 
     while [ "CREATE_IN_PROGRESS" == "$(openstack stack show -c stack_status -f value $stack_name)" ]; do