diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 63a26a1..c061680 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ default['openstack']['telemetry']['identity-api']['auth']['version'] =
   node['openstack']['api']['auth']['version']
 default['openstack']['telemetry-metric']['identity-api']['auth']['version'] =
   node['openstack']['api']['auth']['version']
+default['openstack']['telemetry-metric']['gnocchi-upgrade-options'] = ''
 
 %w(telemetry telemetry-metric).each do |ts|
   # specify whether to enable SSL for ceilometer API endpoint
diff --git a/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb b/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb
index cb7b70b..0089589 100644
--- a/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb
+++ b/recipes/gnocchi_configure.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ if node['openstack']['telemetry-metric']['conf']['storage']['driver'] == 'file'
 end
 
 # dbsync for gnocchi
-execute 'gnocchi-upgrade' do
+execute 'run gnocchi-upgrade' do
+  command "gnocchi-upgrade #{node['openstack']['telemetry-metric']['gnocchi-upgrade-options']}"
   user node['openstack']['telemetry-metric']['user']
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/gnocchi_configure_spec.rb b/spec/gnocchi_configure_spec.rb
index f944f9c..277e844 100644
--- a/spec/gnocchi_configure_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/gnocchi_configure_spec.rb
@@ -111,8 +111,11 @@ describe 'openstack-telemetry::gnocchi_configure' do
     end
 
     it do
-      expect(chef_run).to run_execute('gnocchi-upgrade')
-        .with(user: 'gnocchi')
+      expect(chef_run).to run_execute('run gnocchi-upgrade')
+        .with(
+          command: 'gnocchi-upgrade ',
+          user: 'gnocchi'
+        )
     end
 
     it do