diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 869d2dcc..777aeefb 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ class glance::api(
 
   if $sync_db {
     include ::glance::db::sync
+    include ::glance::db::metadefs
   }
 
   if ( $glance::params::api_package_name != $glance::params::registry_package_name ) {
diff --git a/manifests/db/metadefs.pp b/manifests/db/metadefs.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3866252b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/db/metadefs.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#
+# Class to load default Glance metadata definitions
+#
+# == Parameters
+#
+# [*extra_params*]
+#   (optional) String of extra command line parameters to append to the
+#   glance-manage db_load_metadefs command. These will be inserted in the
+#   command line between 'glance-manage' and 'db_load_metadefs'.
+#   Defaults to ''
+#
+class glance::db::metadefs(
+  $extra_params = '',
+) {
+
+  include ::glance::deps
+  include ::glance::params
+
+  exec { 'glance-manage db_load_metadefs':
+    command     => "glance-manage ${extra_params} db_load_metadefs",
+    path        => '/usr/bin',
+    user        => 'glance',
+    refreshonly => true,
+    try_sleep   => 5,
+    tries       => 10,
+    logoutput   => on_failure,
+    subscribe   => [
+      Anchor['glance::install::end'],
+      Anchor['glance::config::end'],
+      Anchor['glance::dbsync::end']
+    ],
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/glance-load-metadefs-f399b78000e3c681.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/glance-load-metadefs-f399b78000e3c681.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..872bc176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/glance-load-metadefs-f399b78000e3c681.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Load the default predefined namespaces for the Glance
+    Metadata Definitions Catalog when syncing the Glance DB.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_db_metadefs_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_db_metadefs_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c82796cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_db_metadefs_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'glance::db::metadefs' do
+
+  shared_examples_for 'glance-metadefs' do
+
+    it 'runs glance-manage db_load_metadefs' do
+      is_expected.to contain_exec('glance-manage db_load_metadefs').with(
+        :command     => 'glance-manage  db_load_metadefs',
+        :path        => '/usr/bin',
+        :user        => 'glance',
+        :refreshonly => 'true',
+        :try_sleep   => 5,
+        :tries       => 10,
+        :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
+        :subscribe   => ['Anchor[glance::install::end]',
+                         'Anchor[glance::config::end]',
+                         'Anchor[glance::dbsync::end]'],
+      )
+    end
+
+    describe "overriding extra_params" do
+      let :params do
+        {
+          :extra_params => '--config-file /etc/glance/glance.conf',
+        }
+      end
+
+      it {is_expected.to contain_exec('glance-manage db_load_metadefs').with(
+        :command     => 'glance-manage --config-file /etc/glance/glance.conf db_load_metadefs',
+        :path        => '/usr/bin',
+        :user        => 'glance',
+        :refreshonly => 'true',
+        :try_sleep   => 5,
+        :tries       => 10,
+        :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
+        :subscribe   => ['Anchor[glance::install::end]',
+                         'Anchor[glance::config::end]',
+                         'Anchor[glance::dbsync::end]'],
+      )
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  on_supported_os({
+    :supported_os   => OSDefaults.get_supported_os
+  }).each do |os,facts|
+    context "on #{os}" do
+      let (:facts) do
+        facts.merge!(OSDefaults.get_facts({ :concat_basedir => '/var/lib/puppet/concat' }))
+      end
+
+      it_configures 'glance-metadefs'
+    end
+  end
+
+end