diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 415124e9d..90e44b134 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class neutron::db::sync(
     command     => "neutron-db-manage ${extra_params} upgrade heads",
     path        => '/usr/bin',
     refreshonly => true,
+    user        => $::neutron::params::user,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
     timeout     => $db_sync_timeout,
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
index dcecfa400..498cc3dda 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe 'neutron::db::sync' do
         :command     => 'neutron-db-manage  upgrade heads',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
+        :user        => 'neutron',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
         :timeout     => 300,
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ describe 'neutron::db::sync' do
           :command     => 'neutron-db-manage --config-file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf upgrade heads',
           :path        => '/usr/bin',
           :refreshonly => 'true',
+          :user        => 'neutron',
           :try_sleep   => 5,
           :tries       => 10,
           :timeout     => 300,
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ describe 'neutron::db::sync' do
           :command     => 'neutron-db-manage  upgrade heads',
           :path        => '/usr/bin',
           :refreshonly => 'true',
+          :user        => 'neutron',
           :try_sleep   => 5,
           :tries       => 10,
           :timeout     => 750,