diff --git a/manifests/glance.pp b/manifests/glance.pp
index 7a52954..9aa4734 100644
--- a/manifests/glance.pp
+++ b/manifests/glance.pp
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class openstack::glance (
     keystone_user     => 'glance',
     keystone_password => $user_password,
     sql_connection    => $sql_connection,
+    sql_idle_timeout  => $sql_idle_timeout,
     enabled           => $enabled,
   }
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/openstack_glance_spec.rb b/spec/classes/openstack_glance_spec.rb
index 0ac6711..0dd1163 100644
--- a/spec/classes/openstack_glance_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/openstack_glance_spec.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ describe 'openstack::glance' do
         :keystone_user     => 'glance',
         :keystone_password => 'glance_user_pass',
         :sql_connection    => 'mysql://glance:glance_db_pass@127.0.0.1/glance',
+        :sql_idle_timeout  => '3600',
         :enabled           => true
       )
       should contain_class('glance::backend::file')