diff --git a/manifests/cache/cleaner.pp b/manifests/cache/cleaner.pp
index 64a70d08..7a676b2f 100644
--- a/manifests/cache/cleaner.pp
+++ b/manifests/cache/cleaner.pp
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@
 #    (optional) Defaults to '*'.
 #
 #  [*command_options*]
-#    command options to add to the cronjob
+#    (optional) command options to add to the cronjob
 #    (eg. point to config file, or redirect output)
-#    (optional) Defaults to ''.
+#    Defaults to ''.
+#
+#  [*maxdelay*]
+#    (optional) In Seconds. Should be a positive integer.
+#    Induces a random delay before running the cronjob to avoid running
+#    all cron jobs at the same time on all hosts this job is configured.
+#    Defaults to 0.
 #
 class glance::cache::cleaner(
   $minute           = 1,
@@ -31,13 +37,20 @@ class glance::cache::cleaner(
   $month            = '*',
   $weekday          = '*',
   $command_options  = '',
+  $maxdelay         = 0
 ) {
 
   include glance::deps
   include glance::params
 
+  if $maxdelay == 0 {
+    $sleep = ''
+  } else {
+    $sleep = "sleep `expr \${RANDOM} \\% ${maxdelay}`; "
+  }
+
   cron { 'glance-cache-cleaner':
-    command     => "${glance::params::cache_cleaner_command} ${command_options}",
+    command     => "${sleep}${glance::params::cache_cleaner_command} ${command_options}",
     environment => 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin',
     user        => 'glance',
     minute      => $minute,
diff --git a/manifests/cache/pruner.pp b/manifests/cache/pruner.pp
index 7766c707..28edada5 100644
--- a/manifests/cache/pruner.pp
+++ b/manifests/cache/pruner.pp
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@
 #    (optional) Defaults to '*'.
 #
 #  [*command_options*]
-#    command options to add to the cronjob
+#    (optional) command options to add to the cronjob
 #    (eg. point to config file, or redirect output)
-#    (optional) Defaults to ''.
+#    Defaults to ''.
+#
+#  [*maxdelay*]
+#    (optional) In Seconds. Should be a positive integer.
+#    Induces a random delay before running the cronjob to avoid running
+#    all cron jobs at the same time on all hosts this job is configured.
+#    Defaults to 0.
 #
 class glance::cache::pruner(
   $minute           = '*/30',
@@ -31,13 +37,20 @@ class glance::cache::pruner(
   $month            = '*',
   $weekday          = '*',
   $command_options  = '',
+  $maxdelay         = 0
 ) {
 
   include glance::deps
   include glance::params
 
+  if $maxdelay == 0 {
+    $sleep = ''
+  } else {
+    $sleep = "sleep `expr \${RANDOM} \\% ${maxdelay}`; "
+  }
+
   cron { 'glance-cache-pruner':
-    command     => "${glance::params::cache_pruner_command} ${command_options}",
+    command     => "${sleep}${glance::params::cache_pruner_command} ${command_options}",
     environment => 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin',
     user        => 'glance',
     minute      => $minute,
@@ -46,6 +59,5 @@ class glance::cache::pruner(
     month       => $month,
     weekday     => $weekday,
     require     => Anchor['glance::config::end'],
-
   }
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/cache-cron-maxdelay-bfd1585eaa15aeda.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/cache-cron-maxdelay-bfd1585eaa15aeda.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76ec8cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/cache-cron-maxdelay-bfd1585eaa15aeda.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The ``glance::cache::cleaner`` class and the ``glance::cache::pruner``
+    class now support the ``maxdelay`` parameter. This parameter would be
+    useful in a multi-node deployment, to avoid launching the same cron command
+    at the same time in multiple nodes.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb
index 04c8d0f1..47604b4f 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ describe 'glance::cache::cleaner' do
           :month            => '2',
           :weekday          => '3',
           :command_options  => '--config-dir /etc/glance/',
+          :maxdelay         => 3600,
         }
       end
       it 'configures a cron' do
         is_expected.to contain_cron('glance-cache-cleaner').with(
-          :command     => 'glance-cache-cleaner --config-dir /etc/glance/',
+          :command     => 'sleep `expr ${RANDOM} \\% 3600`; glance-cache-cleaner --config-dir /etc/glance/',
           :environment => 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin',
           :user        => 'glance',
           :minute      => 59,
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb
index 350e0f7f..3bcd5985 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ describe 'glance::cache::pruner' do
           :month            => '2',
           :weekday          => '3',
           :command_options  => '--config-dir /etc/glance/',
+          :maxdelay         => 3600,
         }
       end
       it 'configures a cron' do
         is_expected.to contain_cron('glance-cache-pruner').with(
-          :command     => 'glance-cache-pruner --config-dir /etc/glance/',
+          :command     => 'sleep `expr ${RANDOM} \\% 3600`; glance-cache-pruner --config-dir /etc/glance/',
           :environment => 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin',
           :user        => 'glance',
           :minute      => 59,