diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index e3a687b..1b4f4e6 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -363,11 +363,10 @@
     iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT os_privileged_user_tenant "$SERVICE_PROJECT_NAME"
     iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT graceful_shutdown_timeout "$SERVICE_GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT"
 
-    # Set the backend url according to the configured dlm backend
-    if is_dlm_enabled; then
-        if [[ "$(dlm_backend)" == "zookeeper" ]]; then
-            iniset $CINDER_CONF coordination backend_url "zookeeper://${SERVICE_HOST}:2181"
-        fi
+    if [[ ! -z "$CINDER_COORDINATION_URL" ]]; then
+        iniset $CINDER_CONF coordination backend_url "$CINDER_COORDINATION_URL"
+    elif is_service_enabled etcd3; then
+        iniset $CINDER_CONF coordination backend_url "etcd3+http://${SERVICE_HOST}:2379"
     fi
 }