diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
index 585da77ddc..6d0cff78ea 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ cinder_backends:
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_hnas_nfs | bool }}"
 
 cinder_enabled_backends: "{{ cinder_backends|selectattr('enabled', 'equalto', true)|list }}"
-
+cinder_iscsi_helper: "tgtadm"
 
 #############################################
 # Hitachi NAS Platform iSCSI and NFS drivers
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
index 224677fd5c..427481e808 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ lock_path = /var/lib/cinder/tmp
 volume_group = {{ cinder_volume_group }}
 volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMVolumeDriver
 volume_backend_name = lvm-1
-iscsi_helper = tgtadm
+iscsi_helper = {{ cinder_iscsi_helper }}
 iscsi_protocol = iscsi
 {% endif %}