diff --git a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/Dockerfile.j2
index 29482f237a31334747d0ff0926f7de68bbcbb628..64517108bbbe2566b5e15448d8a4736c3b5f4cc4 100644
--- a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -21,5 +21,3 @@ RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_gnocchi_extend_start
 {% block gnocchi_api_footer %}{% endblock %}
 {% block footer %}{% endblock %}
 {{ include_footer }}
-
-USER gnocchi
diff --git a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/extend_start.sh b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/extend_start.sh
index aeb3d07d038d8f0d81d44de9d5d584bb93070228..ac06893c86208564815742bdb90a14e80b6fde7d 100644
--- a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/extend_start.sh
+++ b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-api/extend_start.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# NOTE(pbourke): httpd will not clean up after itself in some cases which
+# results in the container not being able to restart. (bug #1489676, 1557036)
+if [[ "${KOLLA_BASE_DISTRO}" =~ debian|ubuntu ]]; then
+    # Loading Apache2 ENV variables
+    source /etc/apache2/envvars
+    rm -rf /var/run/apache2/*
+else
+    rm -rf /var/run/httpd/* /run/httpd/* /tmp/httpd*
+fi
+
 # Bootstrap and exit if KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP variable is set. This catches all cases
 # of the KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP variable being set, including empty.
 if [[ "${!KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP[@]}" ]]; then
-    gnocchi-manage db_sync
+    gnocchi-upgrade --logfile /var/log/kolla/gnocchi/gnocchi-upgrade.log
     exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 740a9815c4e5a880a74f5597c12f207566d0527e..eeb566ddd4d93d823a02cec68c715bf82289f7b1 100644
--- a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -4,24 +4,78 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 {% import "macros.j2" as macros with context %}
 
 {% if install_type == 'binary' %}
+    {% if base_distro in ['fedora', 'centos', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+       
+       {% set gnocchi_base_packages = [
+            'openstack-gnocchi-common', 
+            'python-gnocchiclient',
+            'httpd',
+            'mod_wsgi',
+            'python-ldappool'
+        ] %}
+
+{{ macros.install_packages(gnocchi_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi \
+    && cp -a /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gnocchi/rest/app.wsgi /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi/app \
+    && sed -i -r 's,^(Listen 80),#\1,' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+    {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu'] %}
+       
+       {% set gnocchi_base_packages = [
+            'gnocchi-common',
+            'apache2',
+            'libapache2-mod-wsgi',
+            'python-ldappool'
+        ] %}
 
-{% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
-    {% set gnocchi_base_packages = ['openstack-gnocchi-common'] %}
-{% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu'] %}
-    {% set gnocchi_base_packages = ['gnocchi-common'] %}
-{% endif %}
 {{ macros.install_packages(gnocchi_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi \
+    && cp -a /usr/share/gnocchi-common/app.wsgi /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi/app \
+    && echo > /etc/apache2/ports.conf
 
+    {% endif %}
 {% elif install_type == 'source' %}
+    {% if base_distro in ['fedora', 'centos', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+       
+       {% set gnocchi_base_packages = [
+            'httpd',
+            'mod_wsgi',
+            'python-ldappool'
+        ] %}
+{{ macros.install_packages(gnocchi_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi \
+    && sed -i -r 's,^(Listen 80),#\1,' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+    {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] %}
+       
+       {% set gnocchi_base_packages = [
+            'apache2',
+            'libapache2-mod-wsgi',
+            'python-ldappool'
+        ] %}
 
+{{ macros.install_packages(gnocchi_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+RUN echo > /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+
+   {% endif %}
 ADD gnocchi-base-archive /gnocchi-base-source
+
 RUN ln -s gnocchi-base-source/* gnocchi \
     && useradd --user-group gnocchi \
-    && /var/lib/kolla/venv/bin/pip --no-cache-dir install --upgrade -c requirements/upper-constraints.txt tooz /gnocchi \
-    && mkdir -p /etc/gnocchi /var/log/gnocchi /home/gnocchi \
-    && cp -r /gnocchi/etc/* /etc/gnocchi/ \
-    && chown -R gnocchi: /etc/gnocchi /var/log/gnocchi /home/gnocchi
+    && /var/lib/kolla/venv/bin/pip --no-cache-dir install --upgrade -c requirements/upper-constraints.txt tooz lz4 sqlalchemy_utils gnocchiclient /gnocchi \
+    && mkdir -p /etc/gnocchi /var/log/kolla/gnocchi /home/gnocchi /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi \
+    && cp -r /gnocchi/etc/gnocchi/* /etc/gnocchi/ \
+    && cp  /gnocchi/gnocchi/rest/app.wsgi /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi/ \
+    && chown -R gnocchi: /etc/gnocchi /var/log/kolla/gnocchi /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi
 
 {% endif %}
 
-RUN usermod -a -G kolla gnocchi
+COPY extend_start.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
+COPY gnocchi_sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/kolla_gnocchi_sudoers
+
+RUN usermod -a -G kolla gnocchi \
+    && chmod 750 /etc/sudoers.d \
+    && chmod 640 /etc/sudoers.d/kolla_gnocchi_sudoers \
+    && chmod 755 /var/www/cgi-bin/gnocchi \
+    && touch /usr/local/bin/kolla_gnocchi_extend_start \
+    && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start /usr/local/bin/kolla_gnocchi_extend_start 
+
+{% block gnocchi_base_footer %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/extend_start.sh b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/extend_start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..366487d381b64195fc8aa0675c0cc9b9267fa741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/extend_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create log dir for Gnocchi logs
+GNOCCHI_LOG_DIR="/var/log/kolla/gnocchi"
+if [[ ! -d "${GNOCCHI_LOG_DIR}" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p ${GNOCCHI_LOG_DIR}
+fi
+if [[ $(stat -c %U:%G ${GNOCCHI_LOG_DIR}) != "gnocchi:kolla" ]]; then
+    chown gnocchi:kolla ${GNOCCHI_LOG_DIR}
+fi
+if [[ $(stat -c %a ${GNOCCHI_LOG_DIR}) != "755" ]]; then
+    chmod 755 ${GNOCCHI_LOG_DIR}
+fi
+
+source /usr/local/bin/kolla_gnocchi_extend_start
diff --git a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/gnocchi_sudoers b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/gnocchi_sudoers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2a01d70986fc3b870ad9a342531424ce154b851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/gnocchi_sudoers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%kolla ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/chown -R gnocchi\: /var/lib/gnocchi/, /bin/chown -R gnocchi\: /var/lib/gnocchi/
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index 87763ff4ae20a651e727cd2f1193f0d64c4a246b..464cd19f754a60c9239d131cc48f70d520f26a50 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ class BuildTestCentosBinary(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
 
 
 class BuildTestCentosSource(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
-    excluded_images = ["gnocchi-base",
-                       "mistral-base"]
+    excluded_images = ["mistral-base"]
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(BuildTestCentosSource, self).setUp()