diff --git a/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/app.rb b/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/app.rb
index 376fb2a4..2bae3384 100644
--- a/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/app.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/app.rb
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
   # no-op here as there are no utility instances, do not pass.
   else
     user = @node[:users].first
-    
+
     if ['app_master','app'].include?(node[:instance_role])
       mongo_replication_sets = @node[:utility_instances].select { |instance| instance[:name].match(/^mongodb_repl/) }.map { |instance| instance[:name].split("_")[1].sub("repl","") }.uniq   
     end
   mongo_app_names = @node[:applications].keys
-  
+
   # Chef::Log.info "app.rb - mongo_replication_sets = #{mongo_replication_sets} | node app keys = #{@node[:applications].keys}"
-  
+
   mongo_app_names.each do |mongo_app_name|
      # Chef::Log.info "looping for mongo_app_name = #{mongo_app_name}"
-     
+
     template "/data/#{mongo_app_name}/shared/config/mongodb.yml" do
       source "mongodb.yml.erb"
       owner user[:username]
       group user[:username]
       mode 0755
-      
+
       if @node[:instance_role] == "solo" && @node[:mongo_utility_instances].length == 0
         variables(:yaml_file => {
           node[:environment][:framework_env] => {
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
           node[:environment][:framework_env] => {
             :hosts => hosts} })
       end
-      
     end
 
+    #Mongoid.yml_v3
     template "/data/#{mongo_app_name}/shared/config/mongoid.yml" do
-      source "mongoid.yml.erb"
+      source "mongoid_v3.yml.erb"
       owner user[:username]
       group user[:username]
       mode 0755
-      
+
       hosts = @node[:mongo_utility_instances].select { |instance| instance[:name].match(/#{mongo_app_name}/) }.map { |instance| [ instance[:hostname], @node[:mongo_port].to_i ] }
       replica_set = @node[:mongo_utility_instances].any? { |instance| instance[:name].match(/^mongodb_repl/) }
       if replica_set
diff --git a/cookbooks/mongodb/templates/default/mongoid.yml.erb b/cookbooks/mongodb/templates/default/mongoid_v2.yml.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from cookbooks/mongodb/templates/default/mongoid.yml.erb
rename to cookbooks/mongodb/templates/default/mongoid_v2.yml.erb
diff --git a/cookbooks/mongodb/templates/default/mongoid_v3.yml.erb b/cookbooks/mongodb/templates/default/mongoid_v3.yml.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a43384c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/mongodb/templates/default/mongoid_v3.yml.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<%= @environment %>:
+  sessions:
+    default:
+      hosts:
+      <% @hosts.each do |host, port| -%>
+        - <%= host %>:<%= port %>
+      <% end -%> 
+      database: <%=@mongo_replsetname%>
+  # Mongoid specific configuration options
+  options:
+  consistency: :eventual
+  max_retries_on_connection_failure: 5