diff --git a/puppet/hieradata/controller.yaml b/puppet/hieradata/controller.yaml
index 7db2b5def4..97b5501c63 100644
--- a/puppet/hieradata/controller.yaml
+++ b/puppet/hieradata/controller.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ nova::api::enabled: true
 nova::vncproxy::enabled: true
 
 # gnocchi
-gnocchi::db::sync::extra_opts: '--skip-storage'
+gnocchi::db::sync::extra_opts: '--skip-storage --create-legacy-resource-types'
 gnocchi::storage::swift::swift_user: 'service:gnocchi'
 gnocchi::storage::swift::swift_auth_version: 2
 gnocchi::statsd::resource_id: '0a8b55df-f90f-491c-8cb9-7cdecec6fc26'