diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_common/tasks/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_common/tasks/main.yml
index 293e79834..e6f1c0dc4 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,10 @@
 - name: Set common fact
   set_fact:
     ceph_common_done: true
+
+- name: set ceph_ansible_limit to ansible_limit, only if ansible_limit defined
+  set_fact:
+    ceph_ansible_limit: "{{ ansible_limit }}"
+  when:
+    - (ceph_ansible_limit is not defined) or (ceph_ansible_limit|length == 0)
+    - (ansible_limit is defined) and (ansible_limit|length > 0)
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml
index 23bfbd280..82d5541eb 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
       - '{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/inventory.yml'
       - '{% if ansible_python_interpreter is defined %}-e ansible_python_interpreter={{ ansible_python_interpreter }}{% endif %}'
       - "{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml"
+      - '{% if ceph_ansible_limit is defined and ceph_ansible_limit|length > 0 %}--limit {{ ceph_ansible_limit }}{% endif %}'
     ceph_ansible_remote_tmp: '/tmp/ceph_ansible_tmp'
 
 - name: run create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp command
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_uuid/tasks/gather.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_uuid/tasks/gather.yml
index bacca8774..204216523 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_uuid/tasks/gather.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_uuid/tasks/gather.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
       - '{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/inventory.yml'
       - '{% if ansible_python_interpreter is defined %}-e ansible_python_interpreter={{ ansible_python_interpreter }}{% endif %}'
       - '{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/nodes_uuid_playbook.yml'
+      - '{% if ceph_ansible_limit is defined and ceph_ansible_limit|length > 0 %}--limit {{ ceph_ansible_limit }}{% endif %}'
 
 - name: run nodes-uuid command
   # needs become to be able to read the ssh private key