diff --git a/libvirt/Chart.yaml b/libvirt/Chart.yaml
index 5dee2adeb..1381a8d9b 100644
--- a/libvirt/Chart.yaml
+++ b/libvirt/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm libvirt
 name: libvirt
-version: 0.1.14
+version: 0.1.15
 home: https://libvirt.org
 sources:
   - https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=summary
diff --git a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
index 5d92b6ccf..74f7e32dd 100644
--- a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
+++ b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ if [ 0"$hp_count" -gt 0 ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-if [ -n "${LIBVIRT_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID}" ] ; then
+if [ -n "${LIBVIRT_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID}" ] || [ -n "${LIBVIRT_EXTERNAL_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID}" ] ; then
   #NOTE(portdirect): run libvirtd as a transient unit on the host with the osh-libvirt cgroups applied.
   cgexec -g ${CGROUPS%,}:/osh-libvirt systemd-run --scope --slice=system libvirtd --listen &
 
@@ -159,10 +159,12 @@ EOF
     virsh secret-set-value --secret "${sec_uuid}" --base64 "${sec_ceph_keyring}"
   }
 
-  if [ -z "${CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING}" ] ; then
+  if [ -z "${CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING}" ] && [ -n "${CEPH_CINDER_USER}" ] ; then
     CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING=$(awk '/key/{print $3}' /etc/ceph/ceph.client.${CEPH_CINDER_USER}.keyring)
   fi
-  create_virsh_libvirt_secret ${CEPH_CINDER_USER} ${LIBVIRT_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID} ${CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING}
+  if [ -n "${CEPH_CINDER_USER}" ] ; then
+    create_virsh_libvirt_secret ${CEPH_CINDER_USER} ${LIBVIRT_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID} ${CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING}
+  fi
 
   if [ -n "${LIBVIRT_EXTERNAL_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID}" ] ; then
     EXTERNAL_CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING=$(cat /tmp/external-ceph-client-keyring)
diff --git a/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml b/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
index 6836e0670..7502fb25f 100644
--- a/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ spec:
 {{ tuple $envAll "libvirt" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.libvirt | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "libvirt" "container" "libvirt" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
-          {{- if .Values.conf.ceph.enabled }}
           env:
+          {{- if .Values.conf.ceph.enabled }}
             - name: CEPH_CINDER_USER
               value: "{{ .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.user }}"
             {{- if .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.keyring }}
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ spec:
             {{ end }}
             - name: LIBVIRT_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID
               value: "{{ .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.secret_uuid }}"
-            {{- if .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.enabled }}
+          {{ end }}
+          {{- if .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.enabled }}
             - name: EXTERNAL_CEPH_CINDER_USER
               value: "{{ .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.user }}"
             - name: LIBVIRT_EXTERNAL_CEPH_CINDER_SECRET_UUID
               value: "{{ .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.secret_uuid }}"
             {{ end }}
-          {{ end }}
 {{ dict "envAll" . "component" "libvirt" "container" "libvirt" "type" "readiness" "probeTemplate" (include "libvirtReadinessProbeTemplate" . | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | indent 10 }}
 {{ dict "envAll" . "component" "libvirt" "container" "libvirt" "type" "liveness" "probeTemplate" (include "libvirtLivenessProbeTemplate" . | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | indent 10 }}
           command:
@@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ spec:
               subPath: key
               readOnly: true
             {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.enabled }}
             - name: external-ceph-keyring
               mountPath: /tmp/external-ceph-client-keyring
               subPath: key
               readOnly: true
             {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
 {{ if $mounts_libvirt.volumeMounts }}{{ toYaml $mounts_libvirt.volumeMounts | indent 12 }}{{ end }}
         {{- if .Values.pod.sidecars.libvirt_exporter }}
         - name: libvirt-exporter
@@ -281,12 +281,12 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ .Values.ceph_client.user_secret_name }}
         {{ end }}
+        {{ end }}
         {{- if .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.enabled }}
         - name: external-ceph-keyring
           secret:
             secretName: {{ .Values.conf.ceph.cinder.external_ceph.user_secret_name }}
         {{ end }}
-        {{ end }}
         - name: libmodules
           hostPath:
             path: /lib/modules
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml
index 18e04e587..c4932a830 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ libvirt:
   - 0.1.12 Add libvirt exporter as a sidecar
   - 0.1.13 Added OCI registry authentication
   - 0.1.14 Remove use of exec in libvirt.sh
+  - 0.1.15 Add support for libvirt to connect to external ceph without any local ceph present
 ...