diff --git a/stackalytics/processor/config.py b/stackalytics/processor/config.py
index 4b720e392..81018a0fe 100644
--- a/stackalytics/processor/config.py
+++ b/stackalytics/processor/config.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ CONNECTION_OPTS = [
 ]
 
 PROCESSOR_OPTS = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('default-data-file',
+               help='Default data file. This file is used instead of '
+                    'default-data-uri if specifying.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('default-data-uri',
                default='https://git.openstack.org/cgit/'
                        'openstack/stackalytics/plain/etc/default_data.json',
diff --git a/stackalytics/processor/main.py b/stackalytics/processor/main.py
index 4a2180f6a..1e2e067b5 100644
--- a/stackalytics/processor/main.py
+++ b/stackalytics/processor/main.py
@@ -312,7 +312,10 @@ def main():
     runtime_storage_inst = runtime_storage.get_runtime_storage(
         cfg.CONF.runtime_storage_uri)
 
-    default_data = utils.read_json_from_uri(cfg.CONF.default_data_uri)
+    if cfg.CONF.default_data_file:
+        default_data = utils.read_json_from_file(cfg.CONF.default_data_file)
+    else:
+        default_data = utils.read_json_from_uri(cfg.CONF.default_data_uri)
     if not default_data:
         LOG.critical('Unable to load default data')
         return not 0
diff --git a/stackalytics/processor/utils.py b/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
index 9af1460a0..6920eb179 100644
--- a/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
+++ b/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import re
 import time
 
 import iso8601
+import json
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 import requests
@@ -151,6 +152,12 @@ def read_json_from_uri(uri, session=None):
                     {'error': e, 'uri': uri})
 
 
+def read_json_from_file(filename):
+    with open(filename) as json_data:
+        data = json.load(json_data)
+    return data
+
+
 def read_yaml_from_uri(uri):
     try:
         return yaml.safe_load(read_uri(uri))