diff --git a/tasks/container_create.yml b/tasks/container_create.yml
index 126f73a..6ff71f9 100644
--- a/tasks/container_create.yml
+++ b/tasks/container_create.yml
@@ -102,15 +102,31 @@
 # the '-B' option is used, instead of the more understandable
 # '--backingstore'.
 # TODO(odyssey4me): Revisit this once a fix has merged
-- name: Create container (copy-on-write backing store)
-  command: >
-    lxc-copy --snapshot -B {{ lxc_container_backing_store }}
-    --name {{ lxc_container_base_name }}
-    --newname {{ inventory_hostname }}
-    -L {{ properties.container_fs_size | default(lxc_container_fs_size) }}
-    --logfile {{ lxc_container_log_path }}/lxc-{{ inventory_hostname }}.log
-    --logpriority {{ (debug | bool) | ternary('DEBUG', 'INFO') }}
-  delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+# NOTE(hwoarang) lxc-copy is only available since lxc-2.0.0 so emulate
+# its behavior using the old lxc-clone command. This is only a problem
+# on openSUSE so it's safe to remove it when lxc-2.X becomes the default
+# option for openSUSE in the openstack-ansible-lxc_hosts role.
+- block:
+    - name: Create container (copy-on-write backing store)
+      command: >
+        lxc-copy --snapshot -B {{ lxc_container_backing_store }}
+        --name {{ lxc_container_base_name }}
+        --newname {{ inventory_hostname }}
+        -L {{ properties.container_fs_size | default(lxc_container_fs_size) }}
+        --logfile {{ lxc_container_log_path }}/lxc-{{ inventory_hostname }}.log
+        --logpriority {{ (debug | bool) | ternary('DEBUG', 'INFO') }}
+      delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+  rescue:
+    # NOTE(hwoarang) lxc-clone does not support the common
+    # --logfile/logpriority options so we just redirect everything to the log
+    # which is probably the best we can do.
+    - name: Create container (copy-on-write backing store) (fallback)
+      shell: >
+        lxc-clone -s -B {{ lxc_container_backing_store }} -L {{ properties.container_fs_size | default(lxc_container_fs_size) }}
+        {{ lxc_container_base_name }} {{ inventory_hostname }} &>>
+        {{ lxc_container_log_path }}/lxc-{{ inventory_hostname }}.log
+      delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+
   when: >
     (lxc_container_backing_store == "overlayfs" or
     (lxc_container_backing_store == 'lvm' and