diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
index 6f8fcfc07..06d954a57 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
@@ -23,14 +23,3 @@
   command: >
     ceph-mon --mkfs -i {{ ansible_hostname }} --fsid {{ fsid }} --keyring /var/lib/ceph/tmp/keyring.mon.{{ ansible_hostname }}
     creates=/var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/keyring
-
-- name: Start and add that the monitor service to the init sequence
-  service: >
-    name=ceph
-    state=started
-    enabled=yes
-    args=mon
-
-- name: Get Ceph monitor version
-  shell: ceph daemon mon."{{ ansible_hostname }}" version | cut -d '"' -f 4 | cut -f 1,2 -d '.'
-  register: ceph_version
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/main.yml
index 079768a5c..0f544efd1 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 - include: deploy_monitors.yml
   when: not ceph_containerized_deployment
 
+- include: start_monitor.yml
+  when: not ceph_containerized_deployment
+
 - include: ceph_keys.yml
   when: not ceph_containerized_deployment
 
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/start_monitor.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/start_monitor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94d94f764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/start_monitor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+- name: Activate monitor with upstart
+  file: >
+    path=/var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/{{ item }}
+    state=touch
+    owner=root
+    group=root
+    mode=0600
+  with_items:
+    - done
+    - upstart
+  when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu"
+
+- name: Activate monitor with sysvinit
+  file: >
+    path=/var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/{{ item }}
+    state=touch
+    owner=root
+    group=root
+    mode=0600
+  with_items:
+    - done
+    - sysvinit
+  when: ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu"
+
+- name: Start and add that the monitor service to the init sequence (Ubuntu)
+  service: >
+    name=ceph-mon
+    state=started
+    enabled=yes
+    args="id={{ ansible_hostname }}"
+  when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu"
+
+- name: Start and add that the monitor service to the init sequence
+  service: >
+    name=ceph
+    state=started
+    enabled=yes
+    args=mon
+  when: ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu"
+
+- name: Get Ceph monitor version
+  shell: ceph daemon mon."{{ ansible_hostname }}" version | cut -d '"' -f 4 | cut -f 1,2 -d '.'
+  register: ceph_version