diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/dispatcher/test_gnocchi.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/dispatcher/test_gnocchi.py
index dd88b0c8..6a593e95 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/dispatcher/test_gnocchi.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/dispatcher/test_gnocchi.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class DispatcherWorkflowTest(base.BaseTestCase,
             metric_names=[
                 'instance', 'disk.root.size', 'disk.ephemeral.size',
                 'memory', 'vcpus', 'memory.usage', 'memory.resident',
-                'cpu', 'cpu_util', 'vcpus', 'disk.read.requests',
+                'cpu', 'cpu.delta', 'cpu_util', 'vcpus', 'disk.read.requests',
                 'disk.read.requests.rate', 'disk.write.requests',
                 'disk.write.requests.rate', 'disk.read.bytes',
                 'disk.read.bytes.rate', 'disk.write.bytes',
diff --git a/etc/ceilometer/gnocchi_resources.yaml b/etc/ceilometer/gnocchi_resources.yaml
index b285dd3d..5b67b648 100644
--- a/etc/ceilometer/gnocchi_resources.yaml
+++ b/etc/ceilometer/gnocchi_resources.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ resources:
       - 'memory.resident'
       - 'vcpus'
       - 'cpu'
+      - 'cpu.delta'
       - 'cpu_util'
       - 'disk.root.size'
       - 'disk.ephemeral.size'