diff --git a/oslo_config/cfg.py b/oslo_config/cfg.py
index 1047bf62..a2b5b2a7 100644
--- a/oslo_config/cfg.py
+++ b/oslo_config/cfg.py
@@ -614,16 +614,27 @@ def _get_config_dirs(project=None):
       /etc/${project}/
       /etc/
 
-    Otherwise, these directories::
+    If a project is specified and installed from a snap package, following
+    directories are also returned:
+
+      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
+      ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}
+
+    Otherwise, if project is not specified, these directories are returned:
 
       ~/
       /etc/
     """
+    snap = os.environ.get('SNAP')
+    snap_c = os.environ.get('SNAP_COMMON')
+
     cfg_dirs = [
         _fixpath(os.path.join('~', '.' + project)) if project else None,
         _fixpath('~'),
         os.path.join('/etc', project) if project else None,
-        '/etc'
+        '/etc',
+        os.path.join(snap, "etc", project) if snap and project else None,
+        os.path.join(snap_c, "etc", project) if snap_c and project else None,
     ]
     return [x for x in cfg_dirs if x]
 
@@ -674,6 +685,8 @@ def find_config_files(project=None, prog=None, extension='.conf'):
       ~/
       /etc/${project}/
       /etc/
+      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
+      ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}
 
     We return an absolute path for (at most) one of each the default config
     files, for the topmost directory it exists in.
@@ -704,6 +717,8 @@ def find_config_dirs(project=None, prog=None, extension='.conf.d'):
       ~/
       /etc/${project}/
       /etc/
+      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
+      ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}
 
     We return an absolute path for each of the two config dirs,
     in the first place we find it (iff we find it).
diff --git a/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py b/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py
index 6a46884a..0f7db8c9 100644
--- a/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py
+++ b/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py
@@ -208,6 +208,18 @@ class FindConfigFilesTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_files(project='blaa'), config_files)
 
+    def test_find_config_files_snap(self):
+        config_files = ['/snap/nova/current/etc/blaa/blaa.conf']
+        fake_env = {'SNAP': '/snap/nova/current/',
+                    'SNAP_COMMON': '/var/snap/nova/common/'}
+
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('sys.argv', ['foo']))
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('os.path.exists',
+                        lambda p: p in config_files))
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('os.environ', fake_env))
+
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_files(project='blaa'), config_files)
+
     def test_find_config_files_with_extension(self):
         config_files = ['/etc/foo.json']
 
@@ -233,6 +245,18 @@ class FindConfigDirsTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_dirs(project='blaa'), config_dirs)
 
+    def test_find_config_dirs_snap(self):
+        config_dirs = ['/var/snap/nova/common/etc/blaa/blaa.conf.d']
+        fake_env = {'SNAP': '/snap/nova/current/',
+                    'SNAP_COMMON': '/var/snap/nova/common/'}
+
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('sys.argv', ['foo']))
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('os.path.exists',
+                                             lambda p: p in config_dirs))
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('os.environ', fake_env))
+
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_dirs(project='blaa'), config_dirs)
+
     def test_find_config_dirs_non_exists(self):
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('sys.argv', ['foo']))
         self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_dirs(project='blaa'), [])