diff --git a/deployment/glance/glance-api-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/glance/glance-api-container-puppet.yaml
index 916b6342c0..e7ce7f7302 100644
--- a/deployment/glance/glance-api-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/glance/glance-api-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ parameters:
     description: |
       Dictionary of settings when configuring additional glance backends. The
       hash key is the backend ID, and the value is a dictionary of parameter
-      values unique to that backend. Multiple rbd backends are allowed, but
-      cinder, file and swift backends are limited to one each. Example:
+      values unique to that backend. Multiple rbd and cinder backends are allowed, but
+      file and swift backends are limited to one each. Example:
         # Default glance store is rbd.
         GlanceBackend: rbd
         GlanceStoreDescription: 'Default rbd store'
@@ -256,15 +256,28 @@ parameters:
             # Override CephClientUserName if this cluster uses a different
             # client name.
             CephClientUserName: client2
-          cinder_store:
+          cinder1_store:
             GlanceBackend: cinder
-            GlanceStoreDescription: 'Cinder store'
+            GlanceCinderVolumeType: 'volume-type-1'
+            GlanceStoreDescription: 'First cinder store'
+          cinder2_store:
+            GlanceBackend: cinder
+            GlanceCinderVolumeType: 'volume-type-2'
+            GlanceStoreDescription: 'Seconde cinder store'
   GlanceCinderMountPointBase:
     default: '/var/lib/glance/mnt'
     type: string
     description: |
       The mount point base when glance is using cinder as store and cinder backend
       is NFS. This mount point is where the NFS volume is mounted on the glance node.
+  GlanceCinderVolumeType:
+    default: ''
+    type: string
+    description: |
+      A unique volume type required for each cinder store while configuring multiple cinder
+      stores as glance backends. The same volume types must be configured in Cinder as well.
+      The volume type must exist in cinder prior to any attempt to add an image in the associated
+      cinder store. If no volume type is specified then cinder's default volume type will be used.
   CephClientUserName:
     default: openstack
     type: string
@@ -502,7 +515,9 @@ outputs:
               glance::backend::cinder::cinder_store_user_name: 'glance'
               glance::backend::cinder::cinder_store_password: {get_param: GlancePassword}
               tripleo::profile::base::glance::backend::cinder::cinder_mount_point_base: {get_param: GlanceCinderMountPointBase}
-          - if:
+              tripleo::profile::base::glance::backend::cinder::cinder_volume_type: {get_param: GlanceCinderVolumeType}
+          -
+            if:
             - cinder_multipathd_enabled
             - glance::backend::cinder::cinder_use_multipath: true
           - if:
diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index c02078a064..2132bb011e 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -668,8 +668,8 @@ parameters:
     description: |
       Dictionary of settings when configuring additional glance backends. The
       hash key is the backend ID, and the value is a dictionary of parameter
-      values unique to that backend. Multiple rbd backends are allowed, but
-      cinder, file and swift backends are limited to one each. Example:
+      values unique to that backend. Multiple rbd and cinder backends are allowed, but
+      file and swift backends are limited to one each. Example:
         # Default glance store is rbd.
         GlanceBackend: rbd
         GlanceStoreDescription: 'Default rbd store'
@@ -683,9 +683,14 @@ parameters:
             # Override CephClientUserName if this cluster uses a different
             # client name.
             CephClientUserName: client2
-          cinder_store:
+          cinder1_store:
             GlanceBackend: cinder
-            GlanceStoreDescription: 'Cinder store'
+            GlanceCinderVolumeType: 'volume-type-1'
+            GlanceStoreDescription: 'First cinder store'
+          cinder2_store:
+            GlanceBackend: cinder
+            GlanceCinderVolumeType: 'volume-type-2'
+            GlanceStoreDescription: 'Seconde cinder store'
   NovaGlanceEnableRbdDownload:
     type: boolean
     description: >
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_glance_cinder_volume_type_to_configure_multiple_cinder_stores-74eea265ee795660.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_glance_cinder_volume_type_to_configure_multiple_cinder_stores-74eea265ee795660.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e80ffcdb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_glance_cinder_volume_type_to_configure_multiple_cinder_stores-74eea265ee795660.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The new paramerter GlanceCinderVolumeType parameter has been added which
+    is required while configuring multiple cinder stores as glance backends.