diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml b/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml
index 0ce8a71331..a089e52cc1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ceph_client_package_state: "{{ package_state }}"
 mon_group_name: ceph-mon
 mgr_group_name: "{{ mon_group_name }}"
 osd_group_name: ceph-osd
-ceph_origin: repository
+ceph_origin: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'zypper') | ternary('distro', 'repository') }}"
 ceph_repository: community
 # The _stable_release var is used by both the OSA ceph_client role and the
 # ceph-ansible roles. It is defaulted in ceph_client but set here to keep the