diff --git a/deployer/devstack/plugin.sh b/deployer/devstack/plugin.sh
index a832aa8..b8808db 100644
--- a/deployer/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/deployer/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ function _ceilometer_create_accounts {
             # Ceilometer needs ResellerAdmin role to access Swift account stats.
             get_or_add_user_project_role "ResellerAdmin" "ceilometer" $SERVICE_TENANT_NAME
         fi
+
+        # Ceilometer needs monasca-user role to access Monasca API.
+        get_or_add_user_project_role "monasca-user" "ceilometer" $SERVICE_TENANT_NAME
+
     fi
 }