diff --git a/group_vars/osds.sample b/group_vars/osds.sample
index 640c9e86a..15a116dba 100644
--- a/group_vars/osds.sample
+++ b/group_vars/osds.sample
@@ -114,5 +114,6 @@ osd_crush_location: "'root={{ ceph_crush_root }} rack={{ ceph_crush_rack }} host
 #ceph_containerized_deployment: false
 #ceph_osd_docker_username: ceph
 #ceph_osd_docker_imagename: daemon
-#ceph_osd_docker_devices:
-#  - /dev/sdb
+#ceph_osd_docker_extra_env: "CEPH_DAEMON=OSD_CEPH_DISK" # comma separated variables
+#ceph_osd_docker_device:
+# - /dev/sdb
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
index c32b25614..1703fb6b3 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -109,4 +109,6 @@ osd_directory: false
 ceph_containerized_deployment: false
 ceph_osd_docker_username: ceph
 ceph_osd_docker_imagename: daemon
-#ceph_osd_docker_device: /dev/sdb
+ceph_osd_docker_extra_env: "CEPH_DAEMON=OSD_CEPH_DISK" # comma separated variables
+#ceph_osd_docker_device:
+# - /dev/sdb
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/fetch_configs.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/fetch_configs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4f00d47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/fetch_configs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+- name: set config and keys paths
+  set_fact:
+    ceph_config_keys:
+      - /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+      - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd/ceph.keyring
+
+- name: stat for ceph config and keys
+  local_action: stat path={{ item }}
+  with_items: ceph_config_keys
+  changed_when: false
+  sudo: false
+  ignore_errors: true
+  register: statconfig
+
+- name: try to fetch ceph config and keys
+  copy: >
+    src=fetch/docker_mon_files/{{ item.0 }}
+    dest={{ item.0 }}
+    owner=root
+    group=root
+    mode=644
+  with_together:
+    - ceph_config_keys
+    - statconfig.results
+  when: item.1.stat.exists == true
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/main.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..149043f7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+- include: pre_requisite.yml
+- include: fetch_configs.yml
+- include: start_docker_osd.yml
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/pre_requisite.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/pre_requisite.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77ed25fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/pre_requisite.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: create osd bootstrap directory
+  file: >
+    path=/var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd
+    state=directory
+
+# NOTE (leseb): for version 1.1.0 because https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/1227
+- name: install docker-py
+  pip: >
+    name=docker-py
+    version=1.1.0
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/start_docker_osd.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/start_docker_osd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82bbb7218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/docker/start_docker_osd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: run the ceph osd docker image
+  docker: >
+    image="{{ ceph_osd_docker_username }}/{{ ceph_osd_docker_imagename }}"
+    name={{ ansible_hostname }}-osd-{{ item | regex_replace('/', '') }}
+    net=host
+    state=running
+    privileged=yes
+    env="OSD_DEVICE={{ item }},{{ ceph_osd_docker_extra_env }}"
+    volumes="/var/lib/ceph:/var/lib/ceph,/etc/ceph:/etc/ceph,/dev/:/dev/"
+  with_items: ceph_osd_docker_devices
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml
index c092f933e..f6070888f 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 - include: ./scenarios/osd_directory.yml
   when: osd_directory and not ceph_containerized_deployment
 
-- include: ./scenarios/docker.yml
+- include: ./docker/main.yml
   when: ceph_containerized_deployment