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
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4449ac98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+- name: genereate create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp playbook
+  copy:
+    dest: "{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml"
+    content: |
+      - hosts: all
+        gather_facts: no
+        tasks:
+          # Avoiding the following by creating directory owned by user who will
+          # SSH into nodes (not root). When root needs to write to this directory
+          # it will not have permission problems by definition. As per ansible:
+          # """
+          # Module remote_tmp /tmp/ceph_ansible_tmp did not exist and was created
+          # with a mode of 0700, this may cause issues when running as another user.
+          # To avoid this, create the remote_tmp dir with the correct permissions
+          # manually.
+          # """
+          - name: create ceph_ansible_remote_tmp on all nodes with necessary ownership
+            become: true
+            file:
+              path: "{{ ceph_ansible_remote_tmp }}"
+              owner: "{{ lookup('env','ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER') | default('tripleo-admin', true) }}"
+              group: "{{ lookup('env','ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER') | default('tripleo-admin', true) }}"
+              mode: "700"
+              state: directory
+
+- name: build create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp command as list
+  set_fact:
+    create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp_list:
+      - ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH="{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.log"
+      - ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH_DIR="{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/"
+      - ANSIBLE_CONFIG=/usr/share/ceph-ansible/ansible.cfg
+      - ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp/create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp
+      - "{{ calling_ansible_environment_variables|join(' ') }}"
+      - "{{ ceph_ansible_environment_variables|join(' ') }}"
+      - ansible-playbook
+      - '{% if ceph_ansible_private_key_file is defined %}--private-key {{ ceph_ansible_private_key_file }}{% endif %}'
+      - '-i'
+      - '{{ 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"
+    ceph_ansible_remote_tmp: '/tmp/ceph_ansible_tmp'
+
+- name: run create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp command
+  # needs become to be able to read the ssh private key
+  become: true
+  shell: "{{ create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp_list|join(' ') }}"
+  tags:
+    - run_ceph_ansible
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/main.yml
index 85dffc587..79138802e 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_run_ansible/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
         {{ ceph_ansible_playbooks_default|default(['/usr/share/ceph-ansible/site-container.yml.sample']) }}
       {%- endif -%}
 
+- import_tasks: create_ceph_ansible_remote_tmp.yml
+  vars:
+    ceph_ansible_remote_tmp: '/tmp/ceph_ansible_tmp'
+
 - name: set ceph-ansible command list
   set_fact:
     ceph_ansible_command_list:
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@
       - ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH="{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/ceph_ansible_command.log"
       - ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=/usr/share/ceph-ansible/library/
       - ANSIBLE_CONFIG=/usr/share/ceph-ansible/ansible.cfg
-      - ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp/ceph_ansible_tmp
+      - ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP="{{ ceph_ansible_remote_tmp }}"
       - ANSIBLE_FORKS=25
       - ANSIBLE_GATHER_TIMEOUT=60
       - ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST=profile_tasks