diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 2da3ab50..e84312eb 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class gnocchi::db::sync (
       Anchor['gnocchi::dbsync::begin']
     ],
     notify      => Anchor['gnocchi::dbsync::end'],
+    tag         => 'openstack-db',
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/openstack_db_tag-8b0893929fcd6617.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/openstack_db_tag-8b0893929fcd6617.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4872e117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/openstack_db_tag-8b0893929fcd6617.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add openstack-db tag to Exec that run db-sync.
diff --git a/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
index d0bd33b8..5677ced5 100644
--- a/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::db::sync' do
                          'Anchor[gnocchi::config::end]',
                          'Anchor[gnocchi::dbsync::begin]'],
         :notify      => 'Anchor[gnocchi::dbsync::end]',
+        :tag         => 'openstack-db',
       )
     end
     describe "overriding extra_opts" do
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::db::sync' do
                              'Anchor[gnocchi::config::end]',
                              'Anchor[gnocchi::dbsync::begin]'],
             :notify      => 'Anchor[gnocchi::dbsync::end]',
+            :tag         => 'openstack-db',
         )
        }
     end