diff --git a/acct-user/nova/metadata.xml b/acct-user/nova/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Matthew Thode</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-user/nova/nova-0.ebuild b/acct-user/nova/nova-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit acct-user
+
+DESCRIPTION="user for the openstack nova service"
+ACCT_USER_ID=447
+ACCT_USER_HOME=/var/lib/nova
+ACCT_USER_HOME_PERMS=0770
+ACCT_USER_GROUPS=( nova )
+
+acct-user_add_deps