diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d68bef7..5aaad82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ Attributes
 * `glance["verbose"]` - Enables/disables verbose output for glance services.
 * `glance["debug"]` - Enables/disables debug output for glance services.
 * `glance["keystone_service_chef_role"]` - The name of the Chef role that installs the Keystone Service API
+* `glance["user"] - User glance runs as
+* `glance["group"] - Group glance runs as
 * `glance["glance_api_chef_role"]` - The name of the Chef role that installs the Glance API service
 * `glance["db"]["name"]` - Name of glance database
 * `glance["db"]["user"]` - Username for glance database access
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 4fd80be..40c5001 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ default["glance"]["debug"] = "False"
 # This is the name of the Chef role that will install the Keystone Service API
 default["glance"]["keystone_service_chef_role"] = "keystone"
 
+default["glance"]["user"] = "glance"
+default["glance"]["group"] = "glance"
+
 # The name of the Chef role that knows about the message queue server
 # that Glance uses
 default["glance"]["rabbit_server_chef_role"] = "rabbitmq-server"
diff --git a/recipes/api.rb b/recipes/api.rb
index e763aa0..b8316bf 100644
--- a/recipes/api.rb
+++ b/recipes/api.rb
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ service "glance-api" do
 end
 
 directory "/etc/glance" do
-  group "glance"
-  owner "glance"
+  owner node["glance"]["user"]
+  group node["glance"]["group"]
   mode  00700
 
   action :create