@@ -831,6 +831,8 @@ function start_nova_compute {

         # ``sg`` is used in run_process to execute nova-compute as a member of the

         # **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** group.

         run_process n-cpu "$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf" $LIBVIRT_GROUP

+    elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'lxd' ]]; then

+        run_process n-cpu "$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf" $LXD_GROUP

     elif [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'fake' ]]; then

         local i

         for i in `seq 1 $NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE`; do

@@ -586,6 +586,9 @@ case "$VIRT_DRIVER" in

             LIBVIRT_GROUP=libvirtd

         fi

         ;;

+    lxd)

+        LXD_GROUP=${LXD_GROUP:-"lxd"}

+        ;;

     fake)

         NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE=${NUMBER_FAKE_NOVA_COMPUTE:-1}

         ;;