diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ac0210e..c0330db 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1054,6 +1054,19 @@
       volume_name_template: 'custom-volume-name-%s'
 
 
+Enable coordination for cinder service:
+=======================================
+In order to enable coordination two options need to be set: enabled and backend 
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    cinder:
+      controller:
+        coordination:
+          enabled: true
+          backend: mysql
+
+
 Upgrades
 ========
 
diff --git a/cinder/files/queens/cinder.conf.controller.Debian b/cinder/files/queens/cinder.conf.controller.Debian
index 0714687..f377333 100644
--- a/cinder/files/queens/cinder.conf.controller.Debian
+++ b/cinder/files/queens/cinder.conf.controller.Debian
@@ -3161,7 +3161,16 @@
 
 # The backend URL to use for distributed coordination. (string value)
 #backend_url = file://$state_path
-
+{%- if controller.get('coordination', {}).get('enabled', False) %}
+  {%- if controller.coordination.get('backend', '') == 'mysql' %}
+    {%- set connection_x509_ssl_option = '' %}
+    {%- set _data = controller.database %}
+    {%- if _data.get('x509',{}).get('enabled',False) %}
+      {%- set connection_x509_ssl_option = '&ssl_ca=' ~ _data.x509.get('ca_file') ~ '&ssl_cert=' ~ _data.x509.get('cert_file') ~ '&ssl_key=' ~ _data.x509.get('key_file') %}
+    {%- endif %}
+backend_url = mysql://{{ _data.user }}:{{ _data.password }}@{{ _data.host }}:{{ _data.get('port', '3306') }}/{{ _data.name }}?charset=utf8{{ connection_x509_ssl_option|string }}
+  {%- endif %}
+{%- endif %}
 
 [fc-zone-manager]