diff --git a/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml b/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml
index f4067ef683..e6a172a01f 100644
--- a/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ parameters:
     default: 30
     description: Delay between processing metrics.
     type: number
+  NumberOfStorageSacks:
+    default: '128'
+    description: Number of storage sacks to create.
+    type: string
   GnocchiPassword:
     description: The password for the gnocchi service and db account.
     type: string
@@ -87,7 +91,11 @@ outputs:
             query:
               read_default_file: /etc/my.cnf.d/tripleo.cnf
               read_default_group: tripleo
-        gnocchi::db::sync::extra_opts: ''
+        gnocchi::db::sync::extra_opts:
+          list_join:
+          - ' '
+          - - '--num-storage-sacks'
+            - {get_param: NumberOfStorageSacks}
         gnocchi::storage::metric_processing_delay: {get_param: MetricProcessingDelay}
         gnocchi::storage::swift::swift_user: 'service:gnocchi'
         gnocchi::storage::swift::swift_auth_version: 3
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-num-of-sacks-7bd6658474ddb14c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-num-of-sacks-7bd6658474ddb14c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5adb6a986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-num-of-sacks-7bd6658474ddb14c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add support to configure number of sacks in gnocchi.