diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-config-nova-policy-roles-37fc4ef511f97f50.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-config-nova-policy-roles-37fc4ef511f97f50.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f357b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-config-nova-policy-roles-37fc4ef511f97f50.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    A new config option ``nova_policy_roles`` is added in the
+    ``compute-feature-enabled`` section. This can be used to
+    configure the available roles that are used as default in
+    nova policy rules.
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 9c288ff..5e5890b 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -627,6 +627,14 @@
     cfg.BoolOpt('unified_limits',
                 default=False,
                 help='Does the test environment support unified limits?'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('nova_policy_roles',
+                default=['admin', 'member', 'reader'],
+                help='Compute service API policies roles list. List all the '
+                     'roles which are used as default in Nova policy rules. '
+                     'This config option value is used to run the tests with '
+                     'the available roles in Nova. For example, if manager '
+                     'role is not present in the nova release then tempest '
+                     'will use old defaults role token to call nova APIs'),
 ]