diff --git a/roles/ceph-config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-config/tasks/main.yml
index 0fa3c833a..2d63cc352 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
       CEPH_VOLUME_DEBUG: 1
       CEPH_CONTAINER_IMAGE: "{{ ceph_docker_registry + '/' + ceph_docker_image + ':' + ceph_docker_image_tag if containerized_deployment else None }}"
       CEPH_CONTAINER_BINARY: "{{ container_binary }}"
+      PYTHONIOENCODING: utf-8
     when:
       - devices | default([]) | length > 0
       - osd_scenario == 'lvm'
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
       CEPH_VOLUME_DEBUG: 1
       CEPH_CONTAINER_IMAGE: "{{ ceph_docker_registry + '/' + ceph_docker_image + ':' + ceph_docker_image_tag if containerized_deployment else None }}"
       CEPH_CONTAINER_BINARY: "{{ container_binary }}"
+      PYTHONIOENCODING: utf-8
     when:
       - devices | default([]) | length > 0
       - osd_scenario == 'lvm'
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm-batch.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm-batch.yml
index eb0108320..e1f1b304d 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm-batch.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm-batch.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
     CEPH_VOLUME_DEBUG: 1
     CEPH_CONTAINER_IMAGE: "{{ ceph_docker_registry + '/' + ceph_docker_image + ':' + ceph_docker_image_tag if containerized_deployment else None }}"
     CEPH_CONTAINER_BINARY: "{{ container_binary }}"
+    PYTHONIOENCODING: utf-8
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm.yml
index 07f587840..40dbe8f52 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/lvm.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
     CEPH_VOLUME_DEBUG: 1
     CEPH_CONTAINER_IMAGE: "{{ ceph_docker_registry + '/' + ceph_docker_image + ':' + ceph_docker_image_tag if containerized_deployment else None }}"
     CEPH_CONTAINER_BINARY: "{{ container_binary }}"
+    PYTHONIOENCODING: utf-8
   with_items: "{{ lvm_volumes }}"
   tags: prepare_osd
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