diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
index 2d223c807..fe91e03b6 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
   lineinfile:
     dest: /etc/sysconfig/ceph
     insertafter: EOF
+    create: yes
     line: "CLUSTER={{ cluster }}"
   when:
     ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@
   lineinfile:
     dest: /etc/default/ceph/ceph
     insertafter: EOF
+    create: yes
     line: "CLUSTER={{ cluster }}"
   when:
     ansible_os_family == "Debian"