diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
index 5805f44cb5..a488f5ed1c 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ if ! ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd crush rule ls | grep -q "^same_host$"; then
   ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd crush rule create-simple same_host default osd
 fi
 
+function reweight_osds () {
+  for OSD_ID in $(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd df | awk '$3 == "0" {print $1}'); do
+    OSD_WEIGHT=$(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd df --format json-pretty| grep -A7 osd.${OSD_ID} | awk '/"kb"/{ gsub(",",""); d= $2/1073741824 ; r = sprintf("%.2f", d); print r }');
+    ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd crush reweight osd.${OSD_ID} ${OSD_WEIGHT};
+  done
+}
+
 function create_pool () {
   POOL_APPLICATION=$1
   POOL_NAME=$2
@@ -73,6 +80,8 @@ function manage_pool () {
   create_pool "${POOL_APPLICATION}" "${POOL_NAME}" "${POOL_REPLICATION}" "${POOL_PLACEMENT_GROUPS}" "${POOL_CRUSH_RULE}"
 }
 
+reweight_osds
+
 {{ $targetNumOSD := .Values.conf.pool.target.osd }}
 {{ $targetPGperOSD := .Values.conf.pool.target.pg_per_osd }}
 {{ $crushRuleDefault := .Values.conf.pool.default.crush_rule }}
diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl
index 2abadb3e07..1fad423e1d 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ OSD_ID=$(grep "${MOUNTED_PART}" /proc/mounts | awk '{print $2}' | grep -oh '[0-9
 
 OSD_PATH="${OSD_PATH_BASE}-${OSD_ID}"
 OSD_KEYRING="${OSD_PATH}/keyring"
-OSD_WEIGHT=$(df -P -k "${OSD_PATH}" | tail -1 | awk '{ d= $2/1073741824 ; r = sprintf("%.2f", d); print r }')
+# NOTE(supamatt): set the initial crush weight of the OSD to 0 to prevent automatic rebalancing
+OSD_WEIGHT=0
 ceph \
   --cluster "${CLUSTER}" \
   --name="osd.${OSD_ID}" \
diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl
index 115ec6cf35..4645ce0e2a 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ if [[ -n "$(find /var/lib/ceph/osd -prune -empty)" ]]; then
   # init data directory
   ceph-osd -i ${OSD_ID} --mkfs --osd-uuid ${UUID} --mkjournal --osd-journal ${OSD_J} --setuser ceph --setgroup ceph
   # add the osd to the crush map
-  OSD_WEIGHT=$(df -P -k ${OSD_PATH} | tail -1 | awk '{ d= $2/1073741824 ; r = sprintf("%.2f", d); print r }')
+  # NOTE(supamatt): set the initial crush weight of the OSD to 0 to prevent automatic rebalancing
+  OSD_WEIGHT=0
   ceph --name=osd.${OSD_ID} --keyring=${OSD_KEYRING} osd crush create-or-move -- ${OSD_ID} ${OSD_WEIGHT} ${CRUSH_LOCATION}
 fi