diff --git a/etc/openstack_deploy/conf.d/rally.yml.aio b/etc/openstack_deploy/conf.d/rally.yml.aio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..980bc67471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/openstack_deploy/conf.d/rally.yml.aio
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+# This is a empty file because we deploy Rally inside
+# the utility container however our gating requires that
+# a .aio file exists for it
+{}
\ No newline at end of file