diff --git a/chef/roles/compass-base.json b/chef/roles/compass-base.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ca805e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chef/roles/compass-base.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "compass-base",
+  "description": "Base role to run before installing distributed system",
+  "json_class": "Chef::Role",
+  "default_attributes": {
+  },
+  "override_attributes": {
+  },
+  "chef_type": "role",
+  "run_list": [
+    "recipe[collectd]"
+  },
+  "env_run_lists": {
+  }
+} 
diff --git a/chef/roles/os-base.json b/chef/roles/os-base.json
index cec9e00..8990f59 100644
--- a/chef/roles/os-base.json
+++ b/chef/roles/os-base.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   },
   "chef_type": "role",
   "run_list": [
+    "role[compass-base]",
     "recipe[openstack-common]",
     "recipe[openstack-common::logging]",
     "recipe[openstack-common::set_endpoints_by_interface]",