diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index f7b839e..1f2d145 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ class placement::db::sync(
 ) {
 
   include placement::deps
+  include placement::params
 
   exec { 'placement-manage-db-sync':
     command     => 'placement-manage db sync',
     path        => ['/bin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/local/bin'],
-    user        => 'placement',
+    user        => $::placement::params::user,
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 31bde7e..558d1ef 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class placement::params {
   include placement::deps
   include openstacklib::defaults
 
+  $user  = 'placement'
   $group = 'placement'
 
   case $facts['os']['family'] {
diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index 4cb2e6d..7b9e9c0 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class placement::wsgi::apache (
   ::openstacklib::wsgi::apache { 'placement_wsgi':
     bind_host                   => $bind_host,
     bind_port                   => $port,
-    group                       => 'placement',
+    group                       => $::placement::params::group,
     path                        => $path,
     priority                    => $priority,
     servername                  => $servername,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class placement::wsgi::apache (
     ssl_crl_path                => $ssl_crl_path,
     ssl_key                     => $ssl_key,
     threads                     => $threads,
-    user                        => 'placement',
+    user                        => $::placement::params::user,
     vhost_custom_fragment       => $vhost_custom_fragment,
     workers                     => $workers,
     wsgi_daemon_process         => 'placement-api',