diff --git a/group_vars/all.sample b/group_vars/all.sample
index 941254700..1e0f9f11d 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.sample
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ dummy:
 #mon_osd_report_timeout: 300
 #mon_pg_warn_max_per_osd: 0 # disable complains about low pgs numbers per osd
 #mon_osd_allow_primary_affinity: "true"
+#mon_pg_warn_max_object_skew: 10 # set to 20 or higher to disable complaints about number of PGs being too low if some pools have very few objects bringing down the average number of objects per pool. This happens when running RadosGW. Ceph default is 10
 
 ## OSD options
 #
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
index 769110cfe..04d453c5b 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ mon_osd_nearfull_ratio: .85
 mon_osd_report_timeout: 300
 mon_pg_warn_max_per_osd: 0 # disable complains about low pgs numbers per osd
 mon_osd_allow_primary_affinity: "true"
+mon_pg_warn_max_object_skew: 10 # set to 20 or higher to disable complaints about number of PGs being too low if some pools have very few objects bringing down the average number of objects per pool. This happens when running RadosGW. Ceph default is 10
 
 ## OSD options
 #
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2 b/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2
index fc19de1a0..be8d1a40b 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
   mon osd report timeout = {{ mon_osd_report_timeout }}
   mon pg warn max per osd = {{ mon_pg_warn_max_per_osd }}
   mon osd allow primary affinity = {{ mon_osd_allow_primary_affinity }}
+  mon pg warn max object skew = {{ mon_pg_warn_max_object_skew }}
 
 {% if enable_debug_mon %}
   debug mon = {{ debug_mon_level }}