diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
index 373cb2154b..583e6e9a29 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
@@ -34,5 +34,16 @@
             "perm": "0600"
         }{% endif %}
 
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/lib/gnocchi",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi",
+            "recurse": true
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:kolla"
+        }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2
index 1d41f8e790..9188a1c8e8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2
@@ -19,5 +19,20 @@
             "owner": "gnocchi",
             "perm": "0600"
         }{% endif %}
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/lib/gnocchi",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi",
+            "recurse": true
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:kolla"
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi/gnocchi-metricd.*",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi"
+        }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2
index 141e05f7f9..83073147b3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2
@@ -19,5 +19,20 @@
             "owner": "gnocchi",
             "perm": "0600"
         }{% endif %}
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/lib/gnocchi",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi",
+            "recurse": true
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:kolla"
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi/gnocchi-statsd.*",
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi"
+        }
     ]
 }