diff --git a/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-base.yaml b/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-base.yaml
index e49574c205..94a6676b4b 100644
--- a/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-base.yaml
+++ b/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-base.yaml
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ outputs:
                     - ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES=3
                     - ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False
                     - DEFAULT_FORKS=25
+                    - ANSIBLE_CONFIG=/usr/share/ceph-ansible/ansible.cfg
                     - yaql:
                         data: {get_param: CephAnsibleEnvironmentVariables}
                         expression: $.data.items().select($[0] + '=' + $[1]).join(' ')