diff --git a/manifests/nodepool_builder.pp b/manifests/nodepool_builder.pp
index 8b1493a..78c51cf 100644
--- a/manifests/nodepool_builder.pp
+++ b/manifests/nodepool_builder.pp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class openstackci::nodepool_builder (
   $oscc_file_contents,
   $mysql_root_password = '',
   $mysql_password = '',
+  $nodepool_ssh_public_key = undef,
   $git_source_repo = 'https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/nodepool',
   $revision = 'master',
   $environment = {},
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class openstackci::nodepool_builder (
   }
 
   class { '::nodepool::builder':
+    nodepool_ssh_public_key       => $nodepool_ssh_public_key,
     statsd_host                   => $statsd_host,
     image_log_document_root       => $image_log_document_root,
     builder_logging_conf_template => $builder_logging_conf_template,