diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7fe34e17e..6aa35d06c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ cover
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
 .pydevproject
+*.swp
diff --git a/rally/benchmark/scenarios/glance/utils.py b/rally/benchmark/scenarios/glance/utils.py
index 1803801c1b..c9f90fbc68 100644
--- a/rally/benchmark/scenarios/glance/utils.py
+++ b/rally/benchmark/scenarios/glance/utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from oslo.config import cfg
 import random
 import string
 import time
@@ -23,6 +24,33 @@ from rally.benchmark import utils as bench_utils
 from rally import utils
 
 
+glance_benchmark_opts = [
+    cfg.FloatOpt('glance_image_create_prepoll_delay',
+                 default=2,
+                 help='Time to sleep after creating a resource before '
+                      'polling for it status'),
+    cfg.FloatOpt('glance_image_create_timeout',
+                 default=120,
+                 help='Time to wait for glance image to be created.'),
+    cfg.FloatOpt('glance_image_create_poll_interval',
+                 default=1,
+                 help='Interval between checks when waiting for image '
+                      'creation.'),
+    cfg.FloatOpt('glance_image_delete_timeout',
+                 default=120,
+                 help='Time to wait for glance image to be deleted.'),
+    cfg.FloatOpt('glance_image_delete_poll_interval',
+                 default=1,
+                 help='Interval between checks when waiting for image '
+                      'deletion.')
+]
+
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+benchmark_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='benchmark', title='benchmark options')
+CONF.register_opts(glance_benchmark_opts, group=benchmark_group)
+
+
 class GlanceScenario(base.Scenario):
 
     @scenario_utils.atomic_action_timer('glance.create_image')
@@ -46,11 +74,13 @@ class GlanceScenario(base.Scenario):
                                         container_format=container_format,
                                         disk_format=disk_format,
                                         **kwargs)
-        time.sleep(5)
-        image = utils.wait_for(image,
-                               is_ready=bench_utils.resource_is("active"),
-                               update_resource=bench_utils.get_from_manager(),
-                               timeout=120, check_interval=3)
+        time.sleep(CONF.benchmark.glance_image_create_prepoll_delay)
+        image = utils.wait_for(
+            image,
+            is_ready=bench_utils.resource_is("active"),
+            update_resource=bench_utils.get_from_manager(),
+            timeout=CONF.benchmark.glance_image_create_timeout,
+            check_interval=CONF.benchmark.glance_image_create_poll_interval)
         return image
 
     @scenario_utils.atomic_action_timer('glance.delete_image')
@@ -62,9 +92,11 @@ class GlanceScenario(base.Scenario):
         :param image: Image object
         """
         image.delete()
-        utils.wait_for_delete(image,
-                              update_resource=bench_utils.get_from_manager(),
-                              timeout=120, check_interval=3)
+        utils.wait_for_delete(
+            image,
+            update_resource=bench_utils.get_from_manager(),
+            timeout=CONF.benchmark.glance_image_delete_timeout,
+            check_interval=CONF.benchmark.glance_image_delete_poll_interval)
 
     def _generate_random_name(self, length):
         name = ''.join(random.choice(string.lowercase) for i in range(length))
diff --git a/tests/benchmark/scenarios/glance/test_utils.py b/tests/benchmark/scenarios/glance/test_utils.py
index 8314b93133..43eda0edc7 100644
--- a/tests/benchmark/scenarios/glance/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/benchmark/scenarios/glance/test_utils.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class GlanceScenarioTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(action_duration, float)
 
     @mock.patch(GLANCE_UTILS + '.GlanceScenario.clients')
-    def test__create_image(self, mock_clients):
+    def test_create_image(self, mock_clients):
         mock_clients("glance").images.create.return_value = self.image
         scenario = utils.GlanceScenario()
         return_image = scenario._create_image('image_name',
@@ -74,21 +74,21 @@ class GlanceScenarioTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.wait_for.mock.assert_called_once_with(self.image,
                                                    update_resource=self.gfm(),
                                                    is_ready=self.res_is.mock(),
-                                                   check_interval=3,
+                                                   check_interval=1,
                                                    timeout=120)
         self.res_is.mock.assert_has_calls(mock.call('active'))
         self.assertEqual(self.wait_for.mock(), return_image)
         self._test_atomic_action_timer(scenario.atomic_actions_time(),
                                        'glance.create_image')
 
-    def test__delete_image(self):
+    def test_delete_image(self):
         scenario = utils.GlanceScenario()
         scenario._delete_image(self.image)
         self.image.delete.assert_called_once_with()
         self.wait_for_delete.\
             mock.assert_called_once_with(self.image,
                                          update_resource=self.gfm(),
-                                         check_interval=3,
+                                         check_interval=1,
                                          timeout=120)
         self._test_atomic_action_timer(scenario.atomic_actions_time(),
                                        'glance.delete_image')