diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index c5f5a13e47..7ab9408959 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ dummy:
 
 ## OSD options
 #
+#lvmetad_disabled: false
 #is_hci: false
 #hci_safety_factor: 0.2
 #non_hci_safety_factor: 0.7
diff --git a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
index 5642c954be..a9e7211e25 100644
--- a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ ceph_iscsi_config_dev: false
 
 ## OSD options
 #
+#lvmetad_disabled: false
 #is_hci: false
 #hci_safety_factor: 0.2
 #non_hci_safety_factor: 0.7
diff --git a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/prerequisites.yml b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/prerequisites.yml
index c7761c311f..1baf96a055 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/prerequisites.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/prerequisites.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 ---
+- name: lvmetad tasks related
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname in groups.get(osd_group_name, [])
+    - lvmetad_disabled | default(False) | bool
+    - ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'RedHat'
+    - ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] | int == 7
+  block:
+    - name: stop lvmetad
+      service:
+        name: lvmetad
+        state: stopped
+
+    - name: disable and mask lvmetad service
+      service:
+        name: lvmetad
+        enabled: no
+        masked: yes
+
 - name: remove ceph udev rules
   file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
index 191c4127e4..3ee5673fa8 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ cephfs_pools:
 
 ## OSD options
 #
+lvmetad_disabled: false
 is_hci: false
 hci_safety_factor: 0.2
 non_hci_safety_factor: 0.7