diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml
index 53740110f7..7baa626d37 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
     - "gnocchi-metricd"
     - "gnocchi-statsd"
 
-- name: Copying over api-paste.ini files for services
-  template:
-    src: "gnocchi-api-paste.ini.j2"
-    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}/gnocchi-api-paste.ini"
-  with_items:
-    - "gnocchi-api"
+- name: Copying over gnocchi-api-paste.ini
+  merge_configs:
+    sources:
+      - "{{ role_path }}/templates/gnocchi-api-paste.ini.j2"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/gnocchi/gnocchi-api-paste.ini"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/gnocchi/{{ inventory_hostname }}/gnocchi-api-paste.ini"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/gnocchi-api/gnocchi-api-paste.ini"
 
 - name: Copying over gnocchi.conf
   merge_configs: