diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9eecd0d..c8a8938 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ This file is used to list changes made in each version of cookbook-openstack-ima
 * Add support for multiple rabbit mq hosts
 * Make auth_version to be v2.0 in configuration file
 * Set the default cinder version to be v2
+* stores in glance-api.conf configurable with node attribute
 
 ## 9.2.0
 * python_packages database client attributes have been migrated to the -common cookbook
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b5db7e9..80960f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Attributes for the Image service are in the ['openstack']['image'] namespace.
 * `openstack['image']['upload_image']['<imagename>']` - URL location of the `<imagename>` image. There can be multiple instances of this line to define multiple imagess (eg natty, maverick, fedora17 etc)
 --- example `openstack['image']['upload_image']['natty']` - "http://c250663.r63.cf1.rackcdn.com/ubuntu-11.04-server-uec-amd64-multinic.tar.gz"
 * `openstack['image']['api']['default_store']` - Toggles the backend storage type.  Currently supported is "file", "swift" and "rbd".
+* `openstack['image']['api']['stores']` - List of which store classes and store class locations are currently known to glance at startup
 * `openstack['image']['api']['block-storage']['cinder_catalog_info']` - Info to match when looking for cinder in the service catalog
 * `openstack['image']['api']['block-storage']['cinder_api_insecure']` - Allow to perform insecure SSL requests to cinder (boolean value)
 * `openstack['image']['api']['block-storage']['cinder_ca_certificates_file']` - Location of ca certicates file to use for cinder client requests
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index ac04793..00233c3 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ default['openstack']['image']['api']['caching'] = false
 default['openstack']['image']['api']['cache_management'] = false
 
 default['openstack']['image']['api']['default_store'] = 'file'
+# List of which store classes and store class locations are currently known to glance at startup
+default['openstack']['image']['api']['stores'] = ['file', 'http']
 
 default['openstack']['image']['filesystem_store_datadir'] = '/var/lib/glance/images'
 default['openstack']['image']['filesystem_store_metadata_file'] = nil
diff --git a/spec/api_spec.rb b/spec/api_spec.rb
index 9d5a634..e267306 100644
--- a/spec/api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/api_spec.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ describe 'openstack-image::api' do
           end
         end
 
+        it 'uses default stores attribute' do
+          expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^stores = file, http$/)
+        end
+
+        it 'sets the stores attribute' do
+          node.set['openstack']['image']['api']['stores'] = ['swift']
+          expect(chef_run).to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^stores = swift$/)
+        end
+
         it 'uses default filesystem_store_metadata_file attribute' do
           expect(chef_run).not_to render_file(file.name).with_content(/^filesystem_store_metadata_file =/)
         end
diff --git a/templates/default/glance-api.conf.erb b/templates/default/glance-api.conf.erb
index 07f64d8..97e6fcc 100644
--- a/templates/default/glance-api.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/glance-api.conf.erb
@@ -9,26 +9,6 @@ verbose = <%= node["openstack"]["image"]["verbose"] %>
 #debug = False
 debug = <%= node["openstack"]["image"]["debug"] %>
 
-# Which backend scheme should Glance use by default is not specified
-# in a request to add a new image to Glance? Known schemes are determined
-# by the known_stores option below.
-# Default: 'file'
-default_store = <%= node["openstack"]["image"]["api"]["default_store"] %>
-
-# List of which store classes and store class locations are
-# currently known to glance at startup.
-# Existing but disabled stores:
-#      glance.store.rbd.Store,
-#      glance.store.s3.Store,
-#      glance.store.swift.Store,
-#      glance.store.sheepdog.Store,
-#      glance.store.cinder.Store,
-#      glance.store.gridfs.Store,
-#      glance.store.vmware_datastore.Store,
-#known_stores = glance.store.filesystem.Store,
-#               glance.store.http.Store
-
-
 # Maximum image size (in bytes) that may be uploaded through the
 # Glance API server. Defaults to 1 TB.
 # WARNING: this value should only be increased after careful consideration
@@ -320,6 +300,26 @@ qpid_topology_version=<%= node["openstack"]["mq"]["image"]["qpid"]["topology_ver
 <% end %>
 <% end %>
 
+[glance_store]
+# Which backend scheme should Glance use by default is not specified
+# in a request to add a new image to Glance? Known schemes are determined
+# by the stores option below.
+# Default: 'file'
+default_store = <%= node["openstack"]["image"]["api"]["default_store"] %>
+
+# List of which store classes and store class locations are
+# currently known to glance at startup.
+# Existing but disabled stores:
+#      rbd,
+#      s3,
+#      swift,
+#      sheepdog,
+#      cinder,
+#      gridfs,
+#      vmware_datastore,
+#stores = file, http
+stores = <%= node["openstack"]["image"]["api"]["stores"].join(', ') %>
+
 # ============ Filesystem Store Options ========================
 
 # Directory that the Filesystem backend store