diff --git a/group_vars/osds.yml.sample b/group_vars/osds.yml.sample
index 02e868583..236a2e2be 100644
--- a/group_vars/osds.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/osds.yml.sample
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ dummy:
 #
 #ceph_osd_docker_extra_env:
 #ceph_osd_docker_run_script_path: "/usr/share" # script called by systemd to run the docker command
-
+#ceph_osd_numactl_opts: ""
 
 ###########
 # SYSTEMD #
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
index 0292e69e3..0f85a1511 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ ceph_osd_docker_prepare_env: -e OSD_JOURNAL_SIZE={{ journal_size }}
 #
 ceph_osd_docker_extra_env:
 ceph_osd_docker_run_script_path: "/usr/share" # script called by systemd to run the docker command
-
+ceph_osd_numactl_opts: ""
 
 ###########
 # SYSTEMD #
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/templates/ceph-osd-run.sh.j2 b/roles/ceph-osd/templates/ceph-osd-run.sh.j2
index 7e7cda05e..4a6eaa181 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/templates/ceph-osd-run.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/templates/ceph-osd-run.sh.j2
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ fi
 # MAIN #
 ########
 
+{% if ceph_osd_numactl_opts != "" %}
+numactl \
+{{ ceph_osd_numactl_opts }} \
+{% endif %}
 /usr/bin/docker run \
   --rm \
   --net=host \