diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 01d96f04..b4f2a1cc 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ glance_services:
     execstarts: >-
        {{ glance_enable_v1_api | ternary(
           glance_bin ~ '/glance-api',
-          glance_bin ~ '/uwsgi --ini /etc/uwsgi/glance-api.ini')
+          glance_bin ~ '/uwsgi --autoload --ini /etc/uwsgi/glance-api.ini')
        }}
     execreloads: >-
        {{ glance_enable_v1_api | ternary(