diff --git a/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb b/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb
index 43f718b..affe210 100644
--- a/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb
+++ b/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ cookbook_file File.join(node['openstack']['telemetry']['conf_dir'], 'gnocchi_res
   owner node['openstack']['telemetry']['user']
   group node['openstack']['telemetry']['group']
   mode 0o0640
+  only_if { node['platform'] == 'ubuntu' }
 end
 
 # drop api-paste.ini to gnocchi folder (default ini will not use keystone auth)
diff --git a/spec/gnocchi_configure-rhel_spec.rb b/spec/gnocchi_configure-rhel_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a35172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/gnocchi_configure-rhel_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'openstack-telemetry::gnocchi_configure' do
+  describe 'rhel' do
+    let(:runner) { ChefSpec::SoloRunner.new(REDHAT_OPTS) }
+    let(:node) { runner.node }
+    let(:chef_run) { runner.converge(described_recipe) }
+
+    include_context 'telemetry-stubs'
+
+    it do
+      expect(chef_run).to_not create_cookbook_file('/etc/ceilometer/gnocchi_resources.yaml')
+        .with(
+          source: 'gnocchi_resources.yaml',
+          owner: 'ceilometer',
+          group: 'ceilometer',
+          mode: 0o0640
+        )
+    end
+  end
+end