diff --git a/docker/services/gnocchi-api.yaml b/docker/services/gnocchi-api.yaml
index 2ebe5b35a3..707bcb2ff2 100644
--- a/docker/services/gnocchi-api.yaml
+++ b/docker/services/gnocchi-api.yaml
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ outputs:
               - /var/log/containers/gnocchi:/var/log/gnocchi
               - /var/log/containers/httpd/gnocchi-api:/var/log/httpd
             command: ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'chown -R gnocchi:gnocchi /var/log/gnocchi']
+          gnocchi_init_lib:
+            image: *gnocchi_api_image
+            user: root
+            volumes:
+              - /var/lib/gnocchi:/var/lib/gnocchi:rw
+            command: ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'chown -R gnocchi:gnocchi /var/lib/gnocchi']
         step_4:
           gnocchi_db_sync:
             image: *gnocchi_api_image
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ outputs:
                 -
                   - /var/lib/kolla/config_files/gnocchi_db_sync.json:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json:ro
                   - /var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/gnocchi/:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src:ro
+                  - /var/lib/gnocchi:/var/lib/gnocchi:rw
                   - /var/log/containers/gnocchi:/var/log/gnocchi
                   - /var/log/containers/httpd/gnocchi-api:/var/log/httpd
                   - /etc/ceph:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src-ceph:ro
@@ -165,6 +172,7 @@ outputs:
               list_concat:
                 - {get_attr: [ContainersCommon, volumes]}
                 -
+                  - /var/lib/gnocchi:/var/lib/gnocchi:rw
                   - /var/lib/kolla/config_files/gnocchi_api.json:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json:ro
                   - /var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/gnocchi/:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src:ro
                   - /var/log/containers/gnocchi:/var/log/gnocchi
diff --git a/docker/services/gnocchi-metricd.yaml b/docker/services/gnocchi-metricd.yaml
index e8d4ae2093..8b7394d7fc 100644
--- a/docker/services/gnocchi-metricd.yaml
+++ b/docker/services/gnocchi-metricd.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ outputs:
                 -
                   - /var/lib/kolla/config_files/gnocchi_metricd.json:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json:ro
                   - /var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/gnocchi/:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src:ro
+                  - /var/lib/gnocchi:/var/lib/gnocchi:rw
                   - /var/log/containers/gnocchi:/var/log/gnocchi
                   - /etc/ceph:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src-ceph:ro
             environment:
diff --git a/docker/services/gnocchi-statsd.yaml b/docker/services/gnocchi-statsd.yaml
index 2b0bc61042..c99334c2f6 100644
--- a/docker/services/gnocchi-statsd.yaml
+++ b/docker/services/gnocchi-statsd.yaml
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ outputs:
                   - /var/lib/kolla/config_files/gnocchi_statsd.json:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json:ro
                   - /var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/gnocchi/:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src:ro
                   - /var/log/containers/gnocchi:/var/log/gnocchi
+                  - /var/lib/gnocchi:/var/lib/gnocchi:rw
                   - /etc/ceph:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src-ceph:ro
             environment:
               - KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY=COPY_ALWAYS