diff --git a/manifests/policy.pp b/manifests/policy.pp
index 0bc17b43..fc549d15 100644
--- a/manifests/policy.pp
+++ b/manifests/policy.pp
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@
 #   (Optional) Path to the nova policy.yaml file
 #   Defaults to /etc/gnocchi/policy.yaml
 #
+# [*policy_dirs*]
+#   (Optional) Path to the gnocchi policy folder
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
 class gnocchi::policy (
   $policies    = {},
   $policy_path = '/etc/gnocchi/policy.yaml',
+  $policy_dirs = $::os_service_default,
 ) {
 
   include gnocchi::deps
@@ -53,6 +58,9 @@ class gnocchi::policy (
 
   create_resources('openstacklib::policy::base', $policies)
 
-  oslo::policy { 'gnocchi_config': policy_file => $policy_path }
+  oslo::policy { 'gnocchi_config':
+    policy_file => $policy_path,
+    policy_dirs => $policy_dirs,
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/policy-dirs-3a09b80e991f9745.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/policy-dirs-3a09b80e991f9745.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c778d5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/policy-dirs-3a09b80e991f9745.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    There is now a new policy_dirs parameter in the gnocchi::policy class,
+    so one can set a custom path.
diff --git a/spec/classes/gnocchi_policy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/gnocchi_policy_spec.rb
index ac38ff9f..052e255d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/gnocchi_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/gnocchi_policy_spec.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::policy' do
     let :params do
       {
         :policy_path => '/etc/gnocchi/policy.yaml',
+        :policy_dirs => '/etc/gnocchi/policy.d',
         :policies    => {
           'context_is_admin' => {
             'key'   => 'context_is_admin',
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::policy' do
       })
       is_expected.to contain_oslo__policy('gnocchi_config').with(
         :policy_file => '/etc/gnocchi/policy.yaml',
+        :policy_dirs => '/etc/gnocchi/policy.d',
       )
     end
   end