diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 5fe7e628..ed150ea8 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class ceilometer::params {
   $event_pipeline      = '/etc/ceilometer/event_pipeline.yaml'
   $pipeline            = '/etc/ceilometer/pipeline.yaml'
   $polling             = '/etc/ceilometer/polling.yaml'
+  $group               = 'ceilometer'
 
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
diff --git a/manifests/policy.pp b/manifests/policy.pp
index 3756715c..3c4977f6 100644
--- a/manifests/policy.pp
+++ b/manifests/policy.pp
@@ -2,18 +2,25 @@
 #
 # Configure the ceilometer policies
 #
-# === Parameters:
+# === Parameters
 #
 # [*policies*]
-#   (Optional) Set of policies to configure for ceilometer
-#   Example : {
-#               'ceilometer-context_is_admin' => {'context_is_admin' => 'true'},
-#               'ceilometer-default' => {'default' => 'rule:admin_or_owner'}
-#             }
+#   (optional) Set of policies to configure for ceilometer
+#   Example :
+#     {
+#       'ceilometer-context_is_admin' => {
+#         'key' => 'context_is_admin',
+#         'value' => 'true'
+#       },
+#       'ceilometer-default' => {
+#         'key' => 'default',
+#         'value' => 'rule:admin_or_owner'
+#       }
+#     }
 #   Defaults to empty hash.
 #
 # [*policy_path*]
-#   (Optional) Path to the ceilometer policy.json file
+#   (optional) Path to the ceilometer policy.json file
 #   Defaults to /etc/ceilometer/policy.json
 #
 class ceilometer::policy (
@@ -22,11 +29,14 @@ class ceilometer::policy (
 ) {
 
   include ::ceilometer::deps
+  include ::ceilometer::params
 
   validate_hash($policies)
 
   Openstacklib::Policy::Base {
-    file_path => $policy_path,
+    file_path  => $policy_path,
+    file_user  => 'root',
+    file_group => $::ceilometer::params::group,
   }
 
   create_resources('openstacklib::policy::base', $policies)
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_policy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_policy_spec.rb
index f4f98ee7..d49c922c 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_policy_spec.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ describe 'ceilometer::policy' do
 
     it 'set up the policies' do
       is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__policy__base('context_is_admin').with({
-        :key   => 'context_is_admin',
-        :value => 'foo:bar'
+        :key        => 'context_is_admin',
+        :value      => 'foo:bar',
+        :file_user  => 'root',
+        :file_group => 'ceilometer',
       })
       is_expected.to contain_oslo__policy('ceilometer_config').with(
         :policy_file => '/etc/ceilometer/policy.json',
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@ describe 'ceilometer::policy' do
         facts.merge!(OSDefaults.get_facts())
       end
 
-      it_behaves_like 'ceilometer policies'
+      it_configures 'ceilometer policies'
     end
   end
-
 end