diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49db42d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+- name: create ceph initial directories
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: ceph
+    group: ceph
+    mode: 0755
+  with_items:
+    - /etc/ceph
+    - /var/lib/ceph/
+    - /var/lib/ceph/mon
+    - /var/lib/ceph/osd
+    - /var/lib/ceph/mds
+    - /var/lib/ceph/tmp
+    - /var/lib/ceph/radosgw
+    - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-rgw
+    - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds
+    - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
index e0e388f59..217d48757 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 
 - include: facts.yml
 - include: ./checks/check_socket.yml
+- include: create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml
 - include: generate_cluster_fsid.yml
 - include: generate_ceph_conf.yml
 - include: create_rbd_client_dir.yml