diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
index 3764a95f1..aa844e414 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   run_once: true
 
 - name: generate cluster uuid
-  local_action: shell uuidgen | tee {{ fetch_directory }}/ceph_cluster_uuid.conf
+  local_action: shell python -c 'import uuid; print str(uuid.uuid4())' | tee {{ fetch_directory }}/ceph_cluster_uuid.conf
     creates="{{ fetch_directory }}/ceph_cluster_uuid.conf"
   register: cluster_uuid
   sudo: false