diff --git a/ansible/roles/glance/templates/glance-api.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/glance/templates/glance-api.conf.j2
index ed1a981275..0a11b97e64 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/glance/templates/glance-api.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/glance/templates/glance-api.conf.j2
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ password = {{ glance_keystone_password }}
 
 [paste_deploy]
 flavor = keystone
+
+[glance_store]
+default_store = file
+filesystem_store_datadir = /var/lib/glance/images/