diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index 1fd6dbf351..7c2bfb3c0c 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CEILOMETER_AUTH_CACHE_DIR=${CEILOMETER_AUTH_CACHE_DIR:-/var/cache/ceilometer}
 CEILOMETER_WSGI_DIR=${CEILOMETER_WSGI_DIR:-/var/www/ceilometer}
 
 # Set up no backend
-CEILOMETER_BACKEND=${CEILOMETER_BACKEND:-none}
+CEILOMETER_BACKEND=${CEILOMETER_BACKEND:-gnocchi}
 if [ "$CEILOMETER_BACKEND" = "es" ] || [ "$CEILOMETER_BACKEND" = "mysql" ] || [ "$CEILOMETER_BACKEND" = "postgresql" ] || [ "$CEILOMETER_BACKEND" = "mongodb" ]; then
     enable_service ceilometer-api
 elif [ "$CEILOMETER_BACKEND" = "gnocchi" ]; then