diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index 7f2f29f..9235428 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -267,6 +267,11 @@
     iniset $CINDER_CONF key_manager backend cinder.keymgr.conf_key_mgr.ConfKeyManager
     iniset $CINDER_CONF key_manager fixed_key $(openssl rand -hex 16)
 
+    # set default quotas
+    iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT quota_volumes ${CINDER_QUOTA_VOLUMES:-10}
+    iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT quota_backups ${CINDER_QUOTA_BACKUPS:-10}
+    iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT quota_snapshots ${CINDER_QUOTA_SNAPSHOTS:-10}
+
     # Avoid RPC timeouts in slow CI and test environments by doubling the
     # default response timeout set by RPC clients. See bug #1873234 for more
     # details and example failures.