diff --git a/templates/ceph.conf b/templates/ceph.conf
index b4cdb034..6f74d524 100644
--- a/templates/ceph.conf
+++ b/templates/ceph.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ mon cluster log to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
 debug mon = {{ loglevel }}/5
 debug osd = {{ loglevel }}/5
 
+# NOTE(jamespage):
+# Disable object skew warnings as these only use
+# the number of objects and not their size in the
+# skew calculation.
+mon pg warn max object skew = -1
+
 {% if ceph_public_network is string %}
 public network = {{ ceph_public_network }}
 {%- endif %}