diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml
index 7baa626d37..2e7a75a8a4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/config.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
     - "gnocchi-metricd"
     - "gnocchi-statsd"
 
-- name: Copying over gnocchi-api-paste.ini
+- name: Copying over 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"
+      - "{{ role_path }}/templates/api-paste.ini.j2"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/gnocchi/api-paste.ini"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/gnocchi/{{ inventory_hostname }}/api-paste.ini"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/gnocchi-api/api-paste.ini"
 
 - name: Copying over gnocchi.conf
   merge_configs:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api-paste.ini.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/api-paste.ini.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api-paste.ini.j2
rename to ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/api-paste.ini.j2
diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
index 318807a9f7..2e5749f51c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
             "owner": "gnocchi",
             "perm": "0600"
         },
+        {
+            "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/api-paste.ini",
+            "dest": "/etc/gnocchi/api-paste.ini",
+            "owner": "gnocchi",
+            "perm": "0600"
+        },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/wsgi-gnocchi.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/{{ gnocchi_dir }}/wsgi-gnocchi.conf",