diff --git a/_modules/novang.py b/_modules/novang.py
index 791e185..dbfc297 100644
--- a/_modules/novang.py
+++ b/_modules/novang.py
@@ -561,8 +561,13 @@
         kstone = __salt__['keystoneng.auth'](profile, **kwargs)
         self.session = kstone.session
         self.version = str(kwargs.get('version', 2))
-        self.compute_conn = client.Client(version=self.version, session=self.session)
-        self.volume_conn = client.Client(version=self.version, session=self.session)
+        self.endpoint_type = str(kwargs.get('connection_endpoint_type', 'internal'))
+        self.compute_conn = client.Client(version=self.version,
+                                          session=self.session,
+                                          endpoint_type=self.endpoint_type)
+        self.volume_conn = client.Client(version=self.version,
+                                         session=self.session,
+                                         endpoint_type=self.endpoint_type)
 
     def expand_extensions(self):
         for connection in (self.compute_conn, self.volume_conn):