diff --git a/examples/cinder_volume_with_pacemaker.pp b/examples/cinder_volume_with_pacemaker.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4277df3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cinder_volume_with_pacemaker.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Example: managing cinder controller services with pacemaker
+#
+# By setting enabled to false, these services will not be started at boot.  By setting
+# manage_service to false, puppet will not kill these services on every run.  This
+# allows the Pacemaker resource manager to dynamically determine on which node each
+# service should run.
+#
+# The puppet commands below would ideally be applied to at least three nodes.
+#
+# Note that cinder-api is associated with the virtual IP address as
+# it is called from external services.  The remaining services connect to the
+# database and/or message broker independently.
+#
+# Example pacemaker resource configuration commands (configured once per cluster):
+#
+# sudo pcs resource create cinder_vip ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr2 params ip=192.0.2.3 \
+#   cidr_netmask=24 op monitor interval=10s
+#
+# sudo pcs resource create cinder_api_service lsb:openstack-cinder-api
+# sudo pcs resource create cinder_scheduler_service lsb:openstack-cinder-scheduler
+#
+# sudo pcs constraint colocation add cinder_api_service with cinder_vip
+
+class { 'cinder':
+  sql_connection  => 'mysql://cinder:secret_block_password@openstack-controller.example.com/cinder',
+}
+
+class { 'cinder::api':
+  keystone_password => 'CINDER_PW',
+  keystone_user     => 'cinder',
+  enabled           => false,
+  manage_service    => false,
+}
+
+class { 'cinder::scheduler':
+  scheduler_driver => 'cinder.scheduler.simple.SimpleScheduler',
+  enabled          => false,
+  manage_service   => false,
+}
+
diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index e630113c..d7cca900 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
 #   (optional) The state of the service
 #   Defaults to true
 #
+# [*manage_service*]
+#   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
+#   Defaults to true
+#
 # [*ratelimits*]
 #   (optional) The state of the service
 #   Defaults to undef. If undefined the default ratelimiting values are used.
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ class cinder::api (
   $package_ensure             = 'present',
   $bind_host                  = '0.0.0.0',
   $enabled                    = true,
+  $manage_service             = true,
   $ratelimits                 = undef,
   $ratelimits_factory =
     'cinder.api.v1.limits:RateLimitingMiddleware.factory'
@@ -115,9 +120,13 @@ class cinder::api (
       logoutput   => 'on_failure',
       require     => Package['cinder'],
     }
-    $ensure = 'running'
+    if $manage_service {
+      $ensure = 'running'
+    }
   } else {
-    $ensure = 'stopped'
+    if $manage_service {
+      $ensure = 'stopped'
+    }
   }
 
   service { 'cinder-api':
diff --git a/manifests/scheduler.pp b/manifests/scheduler.pp
index abb87470..26b1e585 100644
--- a/manifests/scheduler.pp
+++ b/manifests/scheduler.pp
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 class cinder::scheduler (
   $scheduler_driver = false,
   $package_ensure   = 'present',
-  $enabled          = true
+  $enabled          = true,
+  $manage_service   = true
 ) {
 
   include cinder::params
@@ -27,10 +28,12 @@ class cinder::scheduler (
     }
   }
 
-  if $enabled {
-    $ensure = 'running'
-  } else {
-    $ensure = 'stopped'
+  if $manage_service {
+    if $enabled {
+      $ensure = 'running'
+    } else {
+      $ensure = 'stopped'
+    }
   }
 
   service { 'cinder-scheduler':
diff --git a/manifests/volume.pp b/manifests/volume.pp
index d53510d4..6617991e 100644
--- a/manifests/volume.pp
+++ b/manifests/volume.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # $volume_name_template = volume-%s
 class cinder::volume (
   $package_ensure = 'present',
-  $enabled        = true
+  $enabled        = true,
+  $manage_service = true
 ) {
 
   include cinder::params
@@ -21,10 +22,12 @@ class cinder::volume (
     }
   }
 
-  if $enabled {
-    $ensure = 'running'
-  } else {
-    $ensure = 'stopped'
+  if $manage_service {
+    if $enabled {
+      $ensure = 'running'
+    } else {
+      $ensure = 'stopped'
+    }
   }
 
   service { 'cinder-volume':
@@ -34,5 +37,4 @@ class cinder::volume (
     hasstatus => true,
     require   => Package['cinder'],
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/cinder_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cinder_api_spec.rb
index d6e0e94c..640af215 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cinder_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cinder_api_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ describe 'cinder::api' do
     end
 
     it { should contain_service('cinder-api').with(
-      'hasstatus' => true
+      'hasstatus' => true,
+      'ensure' => 'running'
     )}
 
     it 'should configure cinder api correctly' do
@@ -138,11 +139,23 @@ describe 'cinder::api' do
     let :params do
       req_params.merge({'enabled' => false})
     end
+    it 'should stop the service' do
+      should contain_service('cinder-api').with_ensure('stopped')
+    end
     it 'should contain db_sync exec' do
       should_not contain_exec('cinder-manage db_sync')
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'with manage_service false' do
+    let :params do
+      req_params.merge({'manage_service' => false})
+    end
+    it 'should not change the state of the service' do
+      should contain_service('cinder-api').without_ensure
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'with ratelimits' do
     let :params do
       req_params.merge({ :ratelimits => '(GET, "*", .*, 100, MINUTE);(POST, "*", .*, 200, MINUTE)' })
diff --git a/spec/classes/cinder_scheduler_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cinder_scheduler_spec.rb
index 62f2a57e..4ce066a0 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cinder_scheduler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cinder_scheduler_spec.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ describe 'cinder::scheduler' do
       it { should contain_cinder_config('DEFAULT/scheduler_driver').with_value('cinder.scheduler.filter_scheduler.FilterScheduler') }
       it { should contain_package('cinder-scheduler').with_ensure('present') }
     end
+
+    describe 'with manage_service false' do
+      let :params do
+        { 'manage_service' => false
+        }
+      end
+      it 'should not change the state of the service' do
+        should contain_service('cinder-scheduler').without_ensure
+      end
+    end
   end
 
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/cinder_volume_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cinder_volume_spec.rb
index 725cfa34..c87e76d2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cinder_volume_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cinder_volume_spec.rb
@@ -15,4 +15,12 @@ describe 'cinder::volume' do
       'hasstatus' => true
   )}
 
+  describe 'with manage_service false' do
+    let :params do
+      { 'manage_service' => false }
+    end
+    it 'should not change the state of the service' do
+      should contain_service('cinder-volume').without_ensure
+    end
+  end
 end