diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index dad9515b..8fec73b9 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 #
 # Class to execute ironic dbsync
 #
-class ironic::db::sync {
+# == Parameters
+#
+# [*extra_params*]
+#   (optional) String of extra command line parameters to append
+#   to the ironic-dbsync command.
+#   Defaults to undef
+#
+class ironic::db::sync(
+  $extra_params  = undef,
+) {
 
   include ::ironic::params
 
@@ -12,7 +21,7 @@ class ironic::db::sync {
   Ironic_config<| title == 'database/connection' |> ~> Exec['ironic-dbsync']
 
   exec { 'ironic-dbsync':
-    command     => $::ironic::params::dbsync_command,
+    command     => "${::ironic::params::dbsync_command} ${extra_params}",
     path        => '/usr/bin',
     # Ubuntu packaging is running dbsync command as root during ironic-common
     # postinstall script so when Puppet tries to run dbsync again, it fails
diff --git a/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
index 328db914..8d68361d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe 'ironic::db::sync' do
 
     it 'runs ironic-manage db_sync' do
       is_expected.to contain_exec('ironic-dbsync').with(
-        :command     => 'ironic-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf',
+        :command     => 'ironic-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf ',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :user        => 'root',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
@@ -14,8 +14,24 @@ describe 'ironic::db::sync' do
       )
     end
 
+    describe "overriding extra_params" do
+        let :params do
+            {
+                :extra_params => '--config-file /etc/ironic/ironic_01.conf',
+            }
+        end
+        it { is_expected.to contain_exec('ironic-dbsync').with(
+            :command     => 'ironic-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic_01.conf',
+            :path        => '/usr/bin',
+            :user        => 'root',
+            :refreshonly => true,
+            :logoutput   => 'on_failure'
+        )
+        }
+    end
   end
 
+
   context 'on a RedHat osfamily' do
     let :facts do
       {