diff --git a/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml
index 85740a14d5..94b80a3851 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ glance_services:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/glance-api/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
       - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
       - "{{ glance_file_datadir_volume }}:/var/lib/glance/"
+      - "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory ~ '/glance/glance:/var/lib/kolla/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/glance' if glance_dev_mode | bool else '' }}"
       - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
   glance-registry:
     container_name: glance_registry
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ glance_keystone_user: "glance"
 
 openstack_glance_auth: "{{ openstack_auth }}"
 
+###################
+# Kolla
+####################
+glance_git_repository: "{{ kolla_dev_repos_git }}/{{ project_name }}"
+glance_dev_repos_pull: "{{ kolla_dev_repos_pull }}"
+glance_dev_mode: "{{ kolla_dev_mode }}"
+
 ################################################
 # VMware - OpenStack VMware support
 ################################################
diff --git a/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/clone.yml b/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/clone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a85e10eb2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/clone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Cloning source repositories for development
+  git:
+    repo: "{{ glance_git_repository }}"
+    dest: "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory }}/{{ project_name }}"
+    update: "{{ glance_dev_repos_pull }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/deploy.yml b/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/deploy.yml
index bc589e3fac..aed4e7bd66 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['glance-api'] or
         inventory_hostname in groups['glance-registry']
 
+- include: clone.yml
+  when:
+    - glance_dev_mode | bool
+    - inventory_hostname in groups['glance-api'] or
+      inventory_hostname in groups['glance-registry']
+
 - include: bootstrap.yml
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['glance-api']
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/glance-dev-mode-fefcff05286119f4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/glance-dev-mode-fefcff05286119f4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3beff06664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/glance-dev-mode-fefcff05286119f4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Glance can now be developed on using Kolla 'dev mode'.