diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3333007..15a48c0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1606,3 +1606,13 @@
       controller:
         filter_scheduler:
           max_instances_per_host: 50
+
+Enable Nova nova-serialproxy service:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    nova:
+      controller:
+        ....
+        serial_proxy:
+          enabled: True
diff --git a/nova/controller.sls b/nova/controller.sls
index 2055ac5..7e93392 100644
--- a/nova/controller.sls
+++ b/nova/controller.sls
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@
     - require:
       - pkg: nova_controller_packages
 
+{%- if not controller.get('serial_proxy',{}).get('enabled', False) %}
+nova_serialproxy_service_disable:
+  service.disabled:
+    - name: nova-serialproxy
+    - require:
+      - pkg: nova_controller_packages
+
+nova_serialproxy_service_reset_failed:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: systemctl reset-failed nova-serialproxy
+    - onlyif:
+      - systemctl list-units --state=failed | grep nova-serialproxy
+    - require:
+      - pkg: nova_controller_packages
+{%- endif %}
+
 {%- if not salt['user.info']('nova') %}
 user_nova:
   user.present: