diff --git a/openstack/distributedcloud/centos/distributedcloud.spec b/openstack/distributedcloud/centos/distributedcloud.spec
index 781c82b3..50a8026e 100644
--- a/openstack/distributedcloud/centos/distributedcloud.spec
+++ b/openstack/distributedcloud/centos/distributedcloud.spec
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ Source5:       dcorch-sysinv-api-proxy.service
 Source6:       dcorch-snmp.service
 Source7:       dcorch-identity-api-proxy.service
 Source8:       dcdbsync-api.service
-Source9:       dcmanager.conf
-Source10:      dcorch.conf
-Source11:      dcdbsync.conf
+Source9:       dcdbsync-openstack-api.service
+Source10:      dcmanager.conf
+Source11:      dcorch.conf
+Source12:      dcdbsync.conf
 
 BuildArch:     noarch
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dcmanager/
 # install systemd unit files
 install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcmanager-api.service
 install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcmanager-manager.service
-install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
+install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE10} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
 # install default config files
 cd %{_builddir}/%{pypi_name}-%{version} && oslo-config-generator --config-file ./dcmanager/config-generator.conf --output-file %{_builddir}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}%{_sysconfdir}/dcmanager/dcmanager.conf.sample
 install -p -D -m 640 %{_builddir}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}%{_sysconfdir}/dcmanager/dcmanager.conf.sample %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dcmanager/dcmanager.conf
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcorch-engine.service
 install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcorch-sysinv-api-proxy.service
 install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE6} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcorch-snmp.service
 install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE7} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcorch-identity-api-proxy.service
-install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE10} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
+install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
 
 # install ocf scripts
 install -d -m 755 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/openstack
@@ -152,7 +153,9 @@ install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/var/cache/dcdbsync
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dcdbsync/
 # install systemd unit files
 install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE8} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcdbsync-api.service
-install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
+# install systemd unit files for optional second instance
+install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dcdbsync-openstack-api.service
+install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE12} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
 # install default config files
 cd %{_builddir}/%{pypi_name}-%{version} && oslo-config-generator --config-file ./dcdbsync/config-generator.conf --output-file %{_builddir}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}%{_sysconfdir}/dcdbsync/dcdbsync.conf.sample
 install -p -D -m 640 %{_builddir}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}%{_sysconfdir}/dcdbsync/dcdbsync.conf.sample %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dcdbsync/dcdbsync.conf
@@ -213,6 +216,7 @@ install -d -m 600 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/opt/dc/ansible
 %exclude %{python2_sitelib}/dcdbsync/tests
 %{_bindir}/dcdbsync-api
 %{_unitdir}/dcdbsync-api.service
+%{_unitdir}/dcdbsync-openstack-api.service
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/dcdbsync.conf
 %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{_localstatedir}/log/dcdbsync
 %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{_localstatedir}/cache/dcdbsync
diff --git a/openstack/distributedcloud/centos/files/dcdbsync-openstack-api.service b/openstack/distributedcloud/centos/files/dcdbsync-openstack-api.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01ece786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack/distributedcloud/centos/files/dcdbsync-openstack-api.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=DC DBsync Agent API Service For Containerized Openstack
+After=syslog.target network.target postgresql.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=root
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dcdbsync-api --config-file /etc/dcdbsync/dcdbsync_openstack.conf
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target