diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index cfa3693..fca01a2 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -104,6 +104,22 @@
     fi
 fi
 
+# When Cinder is used as a backend for Glance, it can be configured to clone
+# the volume containing image data directly in the backend instead of
+# transferring data from volume to volume.  Value is a comma separated list of
+# schemes (currently only 'file' and 'cinder' are supported).  The default
+# configuration in Cinder is empty (that is, do not use this feature).  NOTE:
+# to use this feature you must also enable GLANCE_SHOW_DIRECT_URL and/or
+# GLANCE_SHOW_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS for glance-api.conf.
+CINDER_ALLOWED_DIRECT_URL_SCHEMES=${CINDER_ALLOWED_DIRECT_URL_SCHEMES:-}
+if [[ -n "$CINDER_ALLOWED_DIRECT_URL_SCHEMES" ]]; then
+    if [[ "${GLANCE_SHOW_DIRECT_URL:-False}" != "True" \
+            && "${GLANCE_SHOW_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS:-False}" != "True" ]]; then
+        warn $LINENO "CINDER_ALLOWED_DIRECT_URL_SCHEMES is set, but neither \
+GLANCE_SHOW_DIRECT_URL nor GLANCE_SHOW_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS is True"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # For backward compatibility
 # Before CINDER_BACKUP_DRIVER was introduced, ceph backup driver was configured
 # along with ceph backend driver.
@@ -266,6 +282,9 @@
     fi
     iniset $CINDER_CONF key_manager backend cinder.keymgr.conf_key_mgr.ConfKeyManager
     iniset $CINDER_CONF key_manager fixed_key $(openssl rand -hex 16)
+    if [[ -n "$CINDER_ALLOWED_DIRECT_URL_SCHEMES" ]]; then
+        iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT allowed_direct_url_schemes $CINDER_ALLOWED_DIRECT_URL_SCHEMES
+    fi
 
     # Avoid RPC timeouts in slow CI and test environments by doubling the
     # default response timeout set by RPC clients. See bug #1873234 for more
diff --git a/lib/glance b/lib/glance
index e789aff..118fa7c 100644
--- a/lib/glance
+++ b/lib/glance
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@
 if is_opensuse; then
     GLANCE_STORE_ROOTWRAP_BASE_DIR=/usr/etc/glance
 fi
+# When Cinder is used as a glance store, you can optionally configure cinder to
+# optimize bootable volume creation by allowing volumes to be cloned directly
+# in the backend instead of transferring data via Glance.  To use this feature,
+# set CINDER_ALLOWED_DIRECT_URL_SCHEMES for cinder.conf and enable
+# GLANCE_SHOW_DIRECT_URL and/or GLANCE_SHOW_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS for Glance.  The
+# default value for both of these is False, because for some backends they
+# present a grave security risk (though not for Cinder, because all that's
+# exposed is the volume_id where the image data is stored.)  See OSSN-0065 for
+# more information: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0065
+GLANCE_SHOW_DIRECT_URL=$(trueorfalse False GLANCE_SHOW_DIRECT_URL)
+GLANCE_SHOW_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS=$(trueorfalse False GLANCE_SHOW_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS)
+
 # Glance multi-store configuration
 # Boolean flag to enable multiple store configuration for glance
 GLANCE_ENABLE_MULTIPLE_STORES=$(trueorfalse False GLANCE_ENABLE_MULTIPLE_STORES)
@@ -283,6 +295,9 @@
     if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'libvirt' ] && [ "$LIBVIRT_TYPE" = 'parallels' ]; then
         iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT disk_formats "ami,ari,aki,vhd,vmdk,raw,qcow2,vdi,iso,ploop"
     fi
+    # Only use these if you know what you are doing!  See OSSN-0065
+    iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT show_image_direct_url $GLANCE_SHOW_DIRECT_URL
+    iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT show_multiple_locations $GLANCE_SHOW_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS
 
     # Configure glance_store
     configure_glance_store $USE_CINDER_FOR_GLANCE $GLANCE_ENABLE_MULTIPLE_STORES