diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 5eac29f..523822b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ cephx: true
 # A list of the IP addresses for your Ceph monitors
 ceph_mons: []
 
+# User, wich is used for establishing SSH connection to ceph_mons
+ceph_mon_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+
 # Path to local ceph.conf file
 # Leave this commented to obtain a ceph.conf from one of the monitors defined in ceph_mons
 #ceph_conf_file: |
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_auth.yml b/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
index 086b1b6..9e34d66 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   changed_when: false
   delegate_to: '{{ ceph_mon_host }}'
   register: ceph_client_keyrings
+  remote_user: '{{ ceph_mon_user }}'
   until: ceph_client_keyrings is success
   retries: 3
   tags:
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups.nova_compute
   changed_when: false
   delegate_to: '{{ ceph_mon_host }}'
+  remote_user: '{{ ceph_mon_user }}'
   register: ceph_nova_secret
   tags:
     - always
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_config.yml b/tasks/ceph_config.yml
index 06e46b1..2b25c5c 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_config.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     src: /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
   register: ceph_conf_content_mon
   delegate_to: '{{ ceph_mon_host }}'
+  remote_user: '{{ ceph_mon_user }}'
   changed_when: false
   when:
     - ceph_conf_file is not defined
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml b/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml
index b24b1ff..641c808 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     -o ConnectTimeout=6
     -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
     -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no
+    -l "{{ ceph_mon_user }}"
+    -p "{{ ansible_port }}"
     {{ item }}
     exit
   with_items: "{{ ceph_mons }}"