diff --git a/actions/create_pool.py b/actions/create_pool.py
index 40686c2f..f8faee1f 100755
--- a/actions/create_pool.py
+++ b/actions/create_pool.py
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ def create_pool():
     try:
         if pool_type == "replicated":
             replicas = action_get("replicas")
+            crush_profile_name = action_get("profile-name")
             replicated_pool = ReplicatedPool(name=pool_name,
                                              service='admin',
                                              replicas=replicas,
                                              app_name=app_name,
+                                             profile_name=crush_profile_name,
                                              percent_data=float(percent_data),
                                              )
             replicated_pool.create()
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
index 9a34e4b0..369699fd 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
@@ -615,7 +615,8 @@ class Pool(BasePool):
 
 class ReplicatedPool(BasePool):
     def __init__(self, service, name=None, pg_num=None, replicas=None,
-                 percent_data=None, app_name=None, op=None):
+                 percent_data=None, app_name=None, op=None,
+                 profile_name='replicated_rule'):
         """Initialize ReplicatedPool object.
 
         Pool information is either initialized from individual keyword
@@ -632,6 +633,8 @@ class ReplicatedPool(BasePool):
                          to this replicated pool.
         :type replicas: int
         :raises: KeyError
+        :param profile_name: Crush Profile to use
+        :type profile_name: Optional[str]
         """
         # NOTE: Do not perform initialization steps that require live data from
         # a running cluster here. The *Pool classes may be used for validation.
@@ -646,11 +649,20 @@ class ReplicatedPool(BasePool):
             # we will fail with KeyError if it is not provided.
             self.replicas = op['replicas']
             self.pg_num = op.get('pg_num')
+            self.profile_name = op.get('crush-profile', profile_name)
         else:
             self.replicas = replicas or 2
             self.pg_num = pg_num
+            self.profile_name = profile_name or 'replicated_rule'
 
     def _create(self):
+        # Validate if crush profile exists
+        if self.profile_name is None:
+            msg = ("Failed to discover crush profile named "
+                   "{}".format(self.profile_name))
+            log(msg, level=ERROR)
+            raise PoolCreationError(msg)
+
         # Do extra validation on pg_num with data from live cluster
         if self.pg_num:
             # Since the number of placement groups were specified, ensure
@@ -668,12 +680,12 @@ class ReplicatedPool(BasePool):
                 '--pg-num-min={}'.format(
                     min(AUTOSCALER_DEFAULT_PGS, self.pg_num)
                 ),
-                self.name, str(self.pg_num)
+                self.name, str(self.pg_num), self.profile_name
             ]
         else:
             cmd = [
                 'ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'pool', 'create',
-                self.name, str(self.pg_num)
+                self.name, str(self.pg_num), self.profile_name
             ]
         check_call(cmd)
 
@@ -692,7 +704,7 @@ class ErasurePool(BasePool):
     def __init__(self, service, name=None, erasure_code_profile=None,
                  percent_data=None, app_name=None, op=None,
                  allow_ec_overwrites=False):
-        """Initialize ReplicatedPool object.
+        """Initialize ErasurePool object.
 
         Pool information is either initialized from individual keyword
         arguments or from a individual CephBrokerRq operation Dict.
@@ -1859,7 +1871,7 @@ class CephBrokerRq(object):
         }
 
     def add_op_create_replicated_pool(self, name, replica_count=3, pg_num=None,
-                                      **kwargs):
+                                      crush_profile=None, **kwargs):
         """Adds an operation to create a replicated pool.
 
         Refer to docstring for ``_partial_build_common_op_create`` for
@@ -1873,6 +1885,10 @@ class CephBrokerRq(object):
                        for pool.
         :type pg_num: int
         :raises: AssertionError if provided data is of invalid type/range
+        :param crush_profile: Name of crush profile to use. If not set the
+                              ceph-mon unit handling the broker request will
+                              set its default value.
+        :type crush_profile: Optional[str]
         """
         if pg_num and kwargs.get('weight'):
             raise ValueError('pg_num and weight are mutually exclusive')
@@ -1882,6 +1898,7 @@ class CephBrokerRq(object):
             'name': name,
             'replicas': replica_count,
             'pg_num': pg_num,
+            'crush-profile': crush_profile
         }
         op.update(self._partial_build_common_op_create(**kwargs))
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_ceph_ops.py b/unit_tests/test_ceph_ops.py
index 000ddbad..25e095e4 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_ceph_ops.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_ceph_ops.py
@@ -66,6 +66,27 @@ class TestCephOps(unittest.TestCase):
         mock_delete_pool.assert_called_with(service='admin', name='foo')
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(rc), {'exit-code': 0})
 
+    @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.storage.linux.ceph.cmp_pkgrevno')
+    @patch.object(broker, 'pool_exists')
+    @patch.object(broker.ReplicatedPool, 'create')
+    @patch.object(broker, 'log', lambda *args, **kwargs: None)
+    def test_process_requests_create_replicated_pool(self,
+                                                     mock_replicated_pool,
+                                                     mock_pool_exists,
+                                                     mock_cmp_pkgrevno):
+        mock_pool_exists.return_value = False
+        mock_cmp_pkgrevno.return_value = 1
+        reqs = json.dumps({'api-version': 1,
+                           'ops': [{
+                               'op': 'create-pool',
+                               'name': 'foo',
+                               'replicas': 3
+                           }]})
+        rc = broker.process_requests(reqs)
+        mock_pool_exists.assert_called_with(service='admin', name='foo')
+        mock_replicated_pool.assert_called_with()
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(rc), {'exit-code': 0})
+
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.storage.linux.ceph.cmp_pkgrevno')
     @patch.object(broker, 'pool_exists')
     @patch.object(broker.ErasurePool, 'create')