diff --git a/playbooks/os-cinder-install.yml b/playbooks/os-cinder-install.yml
index b5da67e7dd..8b158246d5 100644
--- a/playbooks/os-cinder-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/os-cinder-install.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
     - role: "ceph_client"
       openstack_service_system_user: "{{ cinder_system_user_name }}"
       openstack_service_venv_bin: "{{ cinder_bin }}"
+      when:
+        - inventory_hostname in groups['cinder_volume']
+        - cinder_backend_rbd_inuse | default(false) | bool
       tags:
         - ceph
     - role: "rsyslog_client"
diff --git a/playbooks/os-glance-install.yml b/playbooks/os-glance-install.yml
index 678969d50b..6a3a6476f2 100644
--- a/playbooks/os-glance-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/os-glance-install.yml
@@ -70,14 +70,17 @@
     - include: common-tasks/package-cache-proxy.yml
   roles:
     - role: "os_glance"
-    - role: "openstack_openrc"
-      tags:
-        - openrc
     - role: "ceph_client"
       openstack_service_system_user: "{{ glance_system_user_name }}"
       openstack_service_venv_bin: "{{ glance_bin }}"
+      when:
+        - inventory_hostname in groups['glance_api']
+        - (glance_default_store | default('none') | lower == 'rbd')
       tags:
         - ceph
+    - role: "openstack_openrc"
+      tags:
+        - openrc
     - role: "rsyslog_client"
       rsyslog_client_log_rotate_file: glance_log_rotate
       rsyslog_client_log_dir: "/var/log/glance"
diff --git a/playbooks/os-gnocchi-install.yml b/playbooks/os-gnocchi-install.yml
index 010eaa7503..9c48186d09 100644
--- a/playbooks/os-gnocchi-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/os-gnocchi-install.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
     - role: "ceph_client"
       openstack_service_system_user: "{{ gnocchi_system_user_name }}"
       openstack_service_venv_bin: ""
+      when:
+        - inventory_hostname in groups['gnocchi_api']
+        - (gnocchi_storage_driver | default('none') | lower == 'ceph')
       tags:
         - ceph
     - role: "os_gnocchi"
diff --git a/playbooks/os-nova-install.yml b/playbooks/os-nova-install.yml
index 7f59da439d..63e90e0dff 100644
--- a/playbooks/os-nova-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/os-nova-install.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
     - role: "ceph_client"
       openstack_service_system_user: "{{ nova_system_user_name }}"
       openstack_service_venv_bin: "{{ nova_bin }}"
+      when:
+        - inventory_hostname in groups['nova_compute']
+        - nova_libvirt_images_rbd_pool is defined or
+          cinder_backends_rbd_inuse | default(false) | bool
       tags:
         - ceph
     - role: "openstack_openrc"