diff --git a/playbooks/octavia-files.yaml b/playbooks/octavia-files.yaml
index 4a4d38877..c7ce5e46f 100644
--- a/playbooks/octavia-files.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/octavia-files.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     amp_ssh_key_name: "{{ amp_ssh_key_name }}"
     amp_ssh_key_path: "{{ amp_ssh_key_path }}"
     amp_ssh_key_data: "{{ amp_ssh_key_data }}"
+    amp_to_raw: "{{ amp_to_raw | bool }}"
     auth_username: "{{ auth_username }}"
     auth_pasword: "{{ auth_password }}"
     auth_project_name: "{{ auth_project_name }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/common/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
index 314835802..3b9d778d1 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ amp_image_filename: ""
 amp_image_tag: "amphora-image"
 amp_ssh_key_name: "octavia-ssh-key"
 amp_ssh_key_path: ""
+amp_to_raw: False
 auth_username: "octavia"
 auth_project_name: "service"
 lb_mgmt_net_name: "lb-mgmt-net"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/octavia-undercloud/tasks/image_mgmt.yml b/playbooks/roles/octavia-undercloud/tasks/image_mgmt.yml
index bd16c96e1..a73073f57 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/octavia-undercloud/tasks/image_mgmt.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/octavia-undercloud/tasks/image_mgmt.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,37 @@
       upload_image: true
     when: current_md5 is not defined or replace_image
 
+  - block:
+      - name: create temporary directory
+        tempfile:
+          state: directory
+        register: amp_tmp_dir
+
+      - name: set RAW file name
+        set_fact:
+          raw_filename: "{{ amp_tmp_dir.path }}/{{ image_filename|splitext|first|basename }}.img"
+
+      - name: convert image from qcow2 to raw
+        shell: |
+          qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw {{ image_filename }} {{ raw_filename }}
+
+      - name: setting amphora format to raw
+        set_fact:
+          raw_format: raw
+    when: amp_to_raw
+
   - name: upload image to glance
     shell: |
-      openstack image create --disk-format qcow2  --container-format bare --tag {{ amp_image_tag }} \
-        --file {{ image_filename }} {{ amphora_image }}
+      openstack image create --disk-format {{ raw_format|default('qcow2') }} \
+        --container-format bare --tag {{ amp_image_tag }} \
+        --file {{ raw_filename|default(image_filename) }} \
+        {{ amphora_image }}
     register: image_result
     changed_when: "image_result.stdout != ''"
     when: image_file_result.stat.exists and upload_image is defined
+
+  - name: delete converted raw image
+    file:
+      path: "{{ amp_tmp_dir.path }}"
+      state: absent
+    when: amp_to_raw
diff --git a/workbooks/octavia_post.yaml b/workbooks/octavia_post.yaml
index 3f5553526..9fc846d1b 100644
--- a/workbooks/octavia_post.yaml
+++ b/workbooks/octavia_post.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ workflows:
       - amp_ssh_key_name
       - amp_ssh_key_path
       - amp_ssh_key_data
+      - amp_to_raw
       - auth_username
       - auth_password
       - auth_project_name
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ workflows:
             amp_ssh_key_name: <% $.amp_ssh_key_name %>
             amp_ssh_key_path: <% $.amp_ssh_key_path %>
             amp_ssh_key_data: <% $.amp_ssh_key_data %>
+            amp_to_raw: <% $.amp_to_raw %>
             auth_username: <% $.auth_username %>
             auth_password: <% $.auth_password %>
             auth_project_name: <% $.auth_project_name %>