diff --git a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_iscsi.yml b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_iscsi.yml
index 7bf11b31c..3968caf94 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_iscsi.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_iscsi.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: fail on unsupported distribution for iscsi gateways
   fail:
     msg: "iSCSI gateways can only be deployed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS or Fedora"
-  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] not in ['RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Fedora']
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] not in ['RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Fedora', 'AlmaLinux', 'Rocky']
 
 - name: make sure gateway_ip_list is configured
   fail: