diff --git a/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml b/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml
index 78da29fcd5..90e288b72e 100644
--- a/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml
+++ b/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ resources:
       volume_type: resource_metadata.volume_type
       image_id: resource_metadata.image_id
       instance_id: resource_metadata.instance_id
-    event_delete: volume.delete.start
+    event_delete:
+      - volume.delete.start
+      - snapshot.delete.start
     event_attributes:
       id: resource_id