diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 09986c0c..6137e32b 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 #   (optional) String of extra command line parameters to append
 #   to the glance-manage db sync command. These will be inserted
 #   in the command line between 'glance-manage' and 'db sync'.
-#   Defaults to undef
+#   Defaults to '--config-file /etc/glance/glance-registry.conf'
 #
 class glance::db::sync(
-  $extra_params = undef,
+  $extra_params = '--config-file /etc/glance/glance-registry.conf',
 ) {
 
   include ::glance::params
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 6fbed16a..d8c18dc9 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class glance::params {
       $registry_package_name = 'openstack-glance'
       $api_service_name      = 'openstack-glance-api'
       $registry_service_name = 'openstack-glance-registry'
-      $db_sync_command       = 'glance-manage --config-file=/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf db_sync'
       if ($::operatingsystem != 'fedora' and versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '7') < 0) {
         $pyceph_package_name = 'python-ceph'
       } else {
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ class glance::params {
       $registry_package_name = 'glance-registry'
       $api_service_name      = 'glance-api'
       $registry_service_name = 'glance-registry'
-      $db_sync_command       = 'glance-manage --config-file=/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf db_sync'
       $pyceph_package_name   = 'python-ceph'
     }
     default: {
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb
index 4edf7ec4..1ba51bbb 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe 'glance::db::sync' do
 
     it 'runs glance-manage db_sync' do
       is_expected.to contain_exec('glance-manage db_sync').with(
-        :command     => 'glance-manage  db_sync',
+        :command     => 'glance-manage --config-file /etc/glance/glance-registry.conf db_sync',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :user        => 'glance',
         :refreshonly => 'true',