diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 4c78f87d6..7ce527bd6 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@
 #   to make nova be a web app using apache mod_wsgi.
 #   Defaults to '$::nova::params::api_service_name'
 #
+# [*metadata_service_name*]
+#   (optional) Name of the service that will be providing the
+#   server functionality of nova-api-meatadata.
+#   If the value is undef, no management of the service will be
+#   done by puppet. If the value is defined, and manage_service
+#   is set to true, the service will be managed by Puppet.
+#   Default to $::nova::params::api_metadata_service_name
+#
 # [*max_limit*]
 #   (optional) This option is limit the maximum number of items in a single response.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
@@ -199,6 +207,7 @@ class nova::api(
   $validation_options                          = {},
   $instance_name_template                      = undef,
   $service_name                                = $::nova::params::api_service_name,
+  $metadata_service_name                       = $::nova::params::api_metadata_service_name,
   $enable_proxy_headers_parsing                = $::os_service_default,
   $max_request_body_size                       = $::os_service_default,
   $max_limit                                   = $::os_service_default,
@@ -291,6 +300,16 @@ as a standalone service, or httpd for being run by a httpd server")
     service_name   => $::nova::params::api_service_name,
   }
 
+  if $::nova::params::api_metadata_service_name {
+    nova::generic_service { 'api-metadata':
+      enabled        => $service_enabled,
+      manage_service => $manage_service,
+      ensure_package => $ensure_package,
+      package_name   => $::nova::params::api_package_name,
+      service_name   => $::nova::params::api_metadata_service_name,
+    }
+  }
+
   if !$nova_metadata_wsgi_enabled {
     nova_config {
       'DEFAULT/metadata_workers':                    value => $metadata_workers;
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 3d2c188de..af9bf05e2 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class nova::params {
       $genisoimage_package_name          = 'genisoimage'
       # service names
       $api_service_name                  = 'openstack-nova-api'
+      $api_metadata_service_name         = undef
       $compute_service_name              = 'openstack-nova-compute'
       $conductor_service_name            = 'openstack-nova-conductor'
       $libvirt_service_name              = 'libvirtd'
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ class nova::params {
       $lock_path                         = '/var/lock/nova'
       case $::os_package_type {
         'debian': {
+          $api_metadata_service_name       = 'nova-api-metadata'
           $spicehtml5proxy_package_name    = 'nova-consoleproxy'
           $spicehtml5proxy_service_name    = 'nova-spicehtml5proxy'
           $vncproxy_package_name           = 'nova-consoleproxy'
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ class nova::params {
           $virtlog_service_name            = 'virtlogd'
         }
         default: {
+          $api_metadata_service_name       = undef
           $spicehtml5proxy_package_name    = 'nova-spiceproxy'
           $spicehtml5proxy_service_name    = 'nova-spiceproxy'
           $vncproxy_package_name           = 'nova-novncproxy'
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
index 01c3e9265..de9addf75 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
@@ -325,6 +325,18 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
 
   end
 
+  shared_examples 'nova-api on Debian' do
+    context 'with default parameters' do
+      it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-api- metadata').with(
+        :name      => 'nova-api-metadata',
+        :ensure    => 'running',
+        :hasstatus => true,
+        :enable    => true,
+        :tag       => 'nova-service',
+      )}
+    end
+  end
+
   on_supported_os({
     :supported_os => OSDefaults.get_supported_os
   }).each do |os,facts|
@@ -344,6 +356,9 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
         end
       end
       it_behaves_like 'nova-api'
+      if facts[:os_package_type] == 'debian'
+        it_behaves_like 'nova-api on Debian'
+      end
     end
   end
 end