diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 07d400f3..6b79e20e 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class ceilometer::db::sync(
       Anchor['ceilometer::dbsync::begin']
     ],
     notify      => Anchor['ceilometer::dbsync::end'],
+    tag         => 'openstack-db',
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/openstack_db_tag-874ef77468c5d1f2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/openstack_db_tag-874ef77468c5d1f2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4872e117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/openstack_db_tag-874ef77468c5d1f2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add openstack-db tag to Exec that run db-sync.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
index d7940190..39a43d60 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe 'ceilometer::db::sync' do
                          'Anchor[ceilometer::config::end]',
                          'Anchor[ceilometer::dbsync::begin]'],
         :notify      => 'Anchor[ceilometer::dbsync::end]',
+        :tag         => 'openstack-db',
       )
     end
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ describe 'ceilometer::db::sync' do
                          'Anchor[ceilometer::config::end]',
                          'Anchor[ceilometer::dbsync::begin]'],
         :notify      => 'Anchor[ceilometer::dbsync::end]',
+        :tag         => 'openstack-db',
       )
       }
     end