diff --git a/group_vars/osds.sample b/group_vars/osds.sample
index 11f0caee1..3c34a60ac 100644
--- a/group_vars/osds.sample
+++ b/group_vars/osds.sample
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ dummy:
 #  - /var/lib/ceph/osd/mydir2
 
 
+# V. Fith scenario: this will partition disks for BlueStore
+# Use 'true' to enable this scenario
+#bluestore: false
+
+
 ##########
 # DOCKER #
 ##########
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml
index cafd1fcbc..1926077b4 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     msg: "journal_size must be configured. See http://ceph.com/docs/master/rados/configuration/osd-config-ref/"
   when:
     journal_size|int == 0 and
+    osd_objectstore != 'bluestore' and
     osd_group_name in group_names
 
 - name: make sure monitor_interface or monitor_address is configured
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@
     osd_group_name in group_names and
     not journal_collocation and
     not raw_multi_journal and
-    not osd_directory
+    not osd_directory and
+    not bluestore
 
 - name: verify only one osd scenario was chosen
   fail:
@@ -78,7 +80,10 @@
     osd_group_name in group_names and
     ((journal_collocation and raw_multi_journal) or
     (journal_collocation and osd_directory) or
-    (raw_multi_journal and osd_directory))
+    (raw_multi_journal and osd_directory) or
+    (bluestore and journal_collocation) or
+    (bluestore and raw_multi_journal) or
+    (bluestore and osd_directory))
 
 - name: verify devices have been provided
   fail:
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
index 0b86c1fe3..30ffc5f3f 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ osd_directory: false
 #  - /var/lib/ceph/osd/mydir2
 
 
+# V. Fith scenario: this will partition disks for BlueStore
+# Use 'true' to enable this scenario
+bluestore: false
+
+
 ##########
 # DOCKER #
 ##########
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml
index fcda24dde..cfad81e96 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@
 - include: ./scenarios/osd_directory.yml
   when: osd_directory and not osd_containerized_deployment
 
+- include: ./scenarios/bluestore.yml
+  when:
+    osd_objectstore == 'bluestore' and
+    not osd_containerized_deployment
+
 - include: ./docker/main.yml
   when: osd_containerized_deployment
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/bluestore.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/bluestore.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ef9c95f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/scenarios/bluestore.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+---
+## SCENARIO 4: BLUESTORE
+
+- include: ../check_devices.yml
+
+# NOTE (leseb): the prepare process must be parallelized somehow...
+# if you have 64 disks with 4TB each, this will take a while
+# since Ansible will sequential process the loop
+
+# NOTE (alahouze): if the device is a partition, the parted command below has
+# failed, this is why we check if the device is a partition too.
+- name: automatic prepare osd disk(s) without partitions
+  command: ceph-disk prepare --bluestore "/dev/{{ item.key }}"
+  ignore_errors: true
+  register: prepared_osds
+  with_dict: ansible_devices
+  when:
+    ansible_devices is defined and
+    item.value.removable == "0" and
+    item.value.partitions|count == 0 and
+    bluestore and
+    osd_auto_discovery
+
+- name: manually prepare osd disk(s)
+  command: ceph-disk prepare --bluestore "{{ item.2 }}"
+  ignore_errors: true
+  with_together:
+    - combined_parted_results.results
+    - combined_ispartition_results.results
+    - devices
+  when:
+    not item.0.get("skipped") and
+    not item.1.get("skipped") and
+    item.0.get("rc", 0) != 0 and
+    item.1.get("rc", 0) != 0 and
+    bluestore and not
+    osd_auto_discovery
+
+- include: ../activate_osds.yml