diff --git a/manifests/backend/vstorage.pp b/manifests/backend/vstorage.pp
index f8abb25d..e93c0823 100644
--- a/manifests/backend/vstorage.pp
+++ b/manifests/backend/vstorage.pp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #
 # [*mount_user*]
 #   (optional) Mount user.
-#   Defaults to: cinder
+#   Defaults to: $::cinder::params::user
 #
 # [*mount_group*]
 #   (optional) Mount group.
@@ -73,13 +73,16 @@ define cinder::backend::vstorage (
   $mount_point_base          = $::os_service_default,
   $default_volume_format     = $::os_service_default,
   $manage_volume_type        = false,
-  $mount_user                = 'cinder',
+  $mount_user                = undef,
   $mount_group               = 'root',
   $mount_permissions         = '0770',
   $manage_package            = true,
 ) {
 
   include cinder::deps
+  include cinder::params
+
+  $mount_user_real = pick($mount_user, $::cinder::params::user)
 
   cinder_config {
     "${name}/volume_backend_name":             value => $volume_backend_name;
@@ -110,12 +113,12 @@ define cinder::backend::vstorage (
     }
   }
 
-  $mount_opts = ['-u', $mount_user, '-g', $mount_group, '-m', $mount_permissions]
+  $mount_opts = ['-u', $mount_user_real, '-g', $mount_group, '-m', $mount_permissions]
 
   file { $shares_config_path:
     content => inline_template("${cluster_name}:${cluster_password} <%= @mount_opts %>"),
     owner   => 'root',
-    group   => 'cinder',
+    group   => $::cinder::params::group,
     mode    => '0640',
     require => Anchor['cinder::install::end'],
     notify  => Anchor['cinder::service::begin'],
diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index b730f942..df25a4bb 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ class cinder::db::sync(
 ) {
 
   include cinder::deps
+  include cinder::params
 
   exec { 'cinder-manage db_sync':
     command     => "cinder-manage ${extra_params} db sync",
     path        => ['/bin', '/usr/bin'],
-    user        => 'cinder',
+    user        => $::cinder::params::user,
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index c4ca7e96..ad3331ce 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class cinder::params {
   include openstacklib::defaults
 
   $client_package            = 'python3-cinderclient'
+  $user                      = 'cinder'
   $group                     = 'cinder'
   $cinder_wsgi_script_source = '/usr/bin/cinder-wsgi'
 
diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index 4d19fbfb..55d96068 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class cinder::wsgi::apache (
   ::openstacklib::wsgi::apache { 'cinder_wsgi':
     bind_host                   => $bind_host,
     bind_port                   => $port,
-    group                       => 'cinder',
+    group                       => $::cinder::params::group,
     path                        => $path,
     priority                    => $priority,
     servername                  => $servername,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class cinder::wsgi::apache (
     ssl_crl_path                => $ssl_crl_path,
     ssl_key                     => $ssl_key,
     threads                     => $threads,
-    user                        => 'cinder',
+    user                        => $::cinder::params::user,
     vhost_custom_fragment       => $vhost_custom_fragment,
     workers                     => $workers,
     wsgi_daemon_process         => 'cinder-api',