diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml
index 498c5fa92..0f48c9ebd 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 ---
+- name: check if it is atomic host
+  stat:
+    path: /run/ostree-booted
+  register: stat_ostree
+
+- name: set_fact is_atomic
+  set_fact:
+    is_atomic: "{{ stat_ostree.stat.exists }}"
+
 - name: set_fact monitor_name ansible_hostname
   set_fact:
     monitor_name: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"