diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e9025ebc..f06d965d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ Fixed
   valid name for the context (if there is no other ``api_versions`` contexts
   for other platforms, but the case of name conflict is covered by another
   check).
+* The endpoint_type defined in environment specification/deployment
+  configuration is the endpoint interface for gnocchi.
 
 [1.0.0] - 2018-03-28
 --------------------
diff --git a/rally_openstack/osclients.py b/rally_openstack/osclients.py
index 503e79a3..457a35c0 100644
--- a/rally_openstack/osclients.py
+++ b/rally_openstack/osclients.py
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ class Gnocchi(OSClient):
         sess = self.keystone.get_session()[0]
         gclient = gnocchi.Client(
             version=self.choose_version(version), session=sess,
-            adapter_options={"service_type": service_type})
+            adapter_options={"service_type": service_type,
+                             "interface": self.credential.endpoint_type})
         return gclient
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_osclients.py b/tests/unit/test_osclients.py
index c2de971d..46f2165a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_osclients.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_osclients.py
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ class OSClientsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         mock_gnocchi.client.Client.return_value = fake_gnocchi
         mock_keystoneauth1 = mock.MagicMock()
         self.assertNotIn("gnocchi", self.clients.cache)
+        self.credential["endpoint_type"] = "internal"
         with mock.patch.dict("sys.modules",
                              {"gnocchiclient": mock_gnocchi,
                               "keystoneauth1": mock_keystoneauth1}):
@@ -636,7 +637,8 @@ class OSClientsTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(fake_gnocchi, client)
             kw = {"version": "1",
                   "session": mock_keystoneauth1.session.Session(),
-                  "adapter_options": {"service_type": "metric"}}
+                  "adapter_options": {"service_type": "metric",
+                                      "interface": "internal"}}
             mock_gnocchi.client.Client.assert_called_once_with(**kw)
             self.assertEqual(fake_gnocchi, self.clients.cache["gnocchi"])