diff --git a/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/aodh.pp b/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/aodh.pp
index 97f691649..6fa2858b5 100644
--- a/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/aodh.pp
+++ b/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/aodh.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class packstack::aodh ()
     class { '::aodh::api':
       enabled      => true,
       service_name => 'httpd',
+      sync_db      => true,
     }
 
     class { '::aodh::wsgi::apache':