diff --git a/manifests/policy.pp b/manifests/policy.pp
index 1f575d94..45689ce1 100644
--- a/manifests/policy.pp
+++ b/manifests/policy.pp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class heat::policy (
   }
 
   create_resources('openstacklib::policy::base', $policies)
+  oslo::policy { 'heat_config': policy_file => $policy_path }
 
   Anchor<| title == 'heat::config::start' |>
   -> Class['heat::policy']
diff --git a/spec/classes/heat_policy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/heat_policy_spec.rb
index 65cc321d..27878573 100644
--- a/spec/classes/heat_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/heat_policy_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe 'heat::policy' do
         :key   => 'context_is_admin',
         :value => 'foo:bar'
       })
+      is_expected.to contain_heat_config('oslo_policy/policy_file').with_value('/etc/heat/policy.json')
     end
   end