diff --git a/stress/config.py b/stress/config.py
index 3f107af..0dce816 100755
--- a/stress/config.py
+++ b/stress/config.py
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@
     def nova_logdir(self):
         """Directory containing log files on the compute nodes"""
         return self.get("nova_logdir", None)
+
+    @property
+    def controller(self):
+        """Controller host"""
+        return self.get("controller", None)