diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
index 26d3b13639..ab764edccd 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ cinder_backend_vmware_vstorage_object_name: "vmware-vstorage-object"
 cinder_backend_quobyte_name: "QuobyteHD"
 cinder_backend_pure_iscsi_name: "Pure-FlashArray-iscsi"
 cinder_backend_pure_fc_name: "Pure-FlashArray-fc"
+cinder_backend_pure_roce_name: "Pure-FlashArray-roce"
 
 skip_cinder_backend_check: False