diff --git a/roles/ceph-config/tasks/create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml b/roles/ceph-config/tasks/create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml
index 9b81aadc7..eba1fcfa2 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-config/tasks/create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-config/tasks/create_ceph_initial_dirs.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       - /var/lib/ceph/tmp
       - /var/lib/ceph/radosgw
       - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-rgw
+      - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mgr
       - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds
       - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-osd
       - /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-rbd