diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ba38bf39..90f9b756 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ cinder_quota_backup_gigabytes: 1000
 
 # cinder_backend_lvm_inuse: True if current host has an lvm backend
 cinder_backend_lvm_inuse: '{{ (cinder_backends|default("")|to_json).find("lvm") != -1 }}'
+# cinder_backend_rbd_inuse: True if the current host has an rbd backend
+cinder_backend_rbd_inuse: '{{ (cinder_backends|default("")|to_json).find("cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver") != -1 }}'
 
 ## Policy vars
 # Provide a list of access controls to update the default policy.json with. These changes will be merged
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 1cf71ac3..b8b843c3 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@
   tags:
     - cinder-config
 
+- name: Include ceph_client role
+  include_role:
+    name: ceph_client
+  vars:
+    openstack_service_system_user: "{{ cinder_system_user_name }}"
+    openstack_service_venv_bin: "{{ cinder_bin }}"
+  when:
+    - "'cinder_volume' in group_names"
+    - "cinder_backend_rbd_inuse | bool"
+  tags:
+    - ceph
+
 - name: Flush handlers
   meta: flush_handlers
 
diff --git a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
index a87662a0..7711426d 100644
--- a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
   src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-openstack_hosts
   scm: git
   version: master
+- name: ceph_client
+  src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-ceph_client
+  scm: git
+  version: master
 - name: os_previous_cinder
   src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-os_cinder
   scm: git