diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 20d4fc6..ba9e3d2 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ class vitrage::db::sync(
 ) {
 
   include vitrage::deps
+  include vitrage::params
 
   exec { 'vitrage-db-sync':
     command     => "vitrage-dbsync ${extra_params}",
     path        => '/usr/bin',
-    user        => 'vitrage',
+    user        => $::vitrage::params::user,
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index f8d2387..52344ab 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class vitrage::params {
   $pyver3 = $::openstacklib::defaults::pyver3
 
   $client_package_name = 'python3-vitrageclient'
+  $user                = 'vitrage'
   $group               = 'vitrage'
 
   case $::osfamily {
diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index aef45f0..3d8867a 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class vitrage::wsgi::apache (
   ::openstacklib::wsgi::apache { 'vitrage_wsgi':
     bind_host                   => $bind_host,
     bind_port                   => $port,
-    group                       => 'vitrage',
+    group                       => $::vitrage::params::group,
     path                        => $path,
     priority                    => $priority,
     servername                  => $servername,
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class vitrage::wsgi::apache (
     ssl_crl_path                => $ssl_crl_path,
     ssl_key                     => $ssl_key,
     threads                     => $threads,
-    user                        => 'vitrage',
+    user                        => $::vitrage::params::user,
     workers                     => $workers,
     wsgi_daemon_process         => 'vitrage',
     wsgi_process_group          => 'vitrage',