diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb
index f2088fdd..6121346d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_qos).provide(
 
   def create
     properties = []
-    unless resource[:consumer].empty?
-      properties << '--consumer' << resource[:consumer]
-    end
+    properties << '--consumer' << resource[:consumer].to_s
     if resource[:properties]
       resource[:properties].each do |k, v|
         properties << '--property' << "#{k}=#{v}"
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_qos).provide(
         :ensure       => :present,
         :id           => qos[:id],
         :properties   => parse_python_dict(properties),
-        :consumer     => qos[:consumer],
+        :consumer     => qos[:consumer].downcase,
         :associations => string2array(qos[:associations])
       })
     end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
index 95210194..c20d3979 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).provide(
     self.class.request('volume type', 'create', properties)
     @property_hash[:ensure] = :present
     @property_hash[:properties] = resource[:properties]
-    @property_hash[:is_public] = resource[:is_public]
+    @property_hash[:is_public] = resource[:is_public].downcase.to_sym
     @property_hash[:name] = name
     unless @resource[:access_project_ids].nil?
       set_access_project_ids(resource[:access_project_ids])
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).provide(
       if type[:is_public] == 'False'
         type_details = request('volume type', 'show', type[:id])
         type[:access_project_ids] = string2array(type_details[:access_project_ids])
-        type[:is_public] = false
+        type[:is_public] = :false
       else
         type[:access_project_ids] = []
-        type[:is_public] = true
+        type[:is_public] = :true
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/cinder_qos.rb b/lib/puppet/type/cinder_qos.rb
index 1a40c4ee..45655531 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/cinder_qos.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/cinder_qos.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:cinder_qos) do
     end
   end
 
-  newparam(:consumer) do
+  newproperty(:consumer) do
     desc 'The consumer QOS'
-    defaultto('')
+    newvalues('front-end', 'back-end', 'both')
+    defaultto('both')
   end
 
   autorequire(:cinder_qos) do
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb b/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb
index 57d1f58d..3f21c840 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:cinder_type) do
     end
   end
 
-  newparam(:is_public, :boolean => true) do
+  newproperty(:is_public, :boolean => true) do
     desc 'Whether the type is public or not. Default to `true`'
     newvalues(:true, :false)
-    defaultto true
+    defaultto :true
   end
 
   newproperty(:access_project_ids,  :array_matching => :all) do
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/10_basic_cinder_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/10_basic_cinder_spec.rb
index e6a073c2..910e109a 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/10_basic_cinder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/10_basic_cinder_spec.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ describe 'basic cinder' do
       cinder_qos { 'testqos2':
         associations => ['qostype1', 'qostype2']
       }
+      cinder_qos { 'testqos3':
+        consumer => 'front-end',
+      }
       EOS
 
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb
index 6ed67891..815aede0 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe provider_class do
       describe '#create' do
         it 'creates a qos' do
           expect(provider_class).to receive(:openstack)
-            .with('volume qos', 'create', '--format', 'shell', ['--property', 'key1=value1', '--property', 'key2=value2', 'QoS_1'])
+            .with('volume qos', 'create', '--format', 'shell', ['--consumer', 'both', '--property', 'key1=value1', '--property', 'key2=value2', 'QoS_1'])
             .and_return('id="e0df397a-72d5-4494-9e26-4ac37632ff04"
 name="QoS_1"
 properties="{\'key1\': \'value1\', \'key2\': \'value2\'}"
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
index e5b9bcec..a5a9cabf 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ access_project_ids="54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23, 54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a0
           expect(instances.count).to eq(2)
           expect(instances[0].name).to eq('type-1')
           expect(instances[1].name).to eq('type-2')
-          expect(instances[0].is_public).to be true
-          expect(instances[1].is_public).to be false
+          expect(instances[0].is_public).to be :true
+          expect(instances[1].is_public).to be :false
           expect(instances[0].access_project_ids).to match_array([])
           expect(instances[1].access_project_ids).to match_array(['54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23', '54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda28'])
           expect(instances[0].properties).to eq({'key1'=>'value1'})