diff --git a/roles/ceph/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph/defaults/main.yml
index d75731e2a..f4e5c9c7c 100644
--- a/roles/ceph/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 fail_without_ceph_ansible: false
 fail_without_deps: false
 fail_on_ceph_health_err: false
+fail_on_ceph_health_warn: false
 osd_percentage_min: 0
 ceph_ansible_repo: "centos-ceph-nautilus"
 container_client: "podman"
diff --git a/roles/ceph/tasks/ceph-health.yaml b/roles/ceph/tasks/ceph-health.yaml
index 641434b06..fa59a7f60 100644
--- a/roles/ceph/tasks/ceph-health.yaml
+++ b/roles/ceph/tasks/ceph-health.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
         - ceph_health.stdout != 'HEALTH_OK'
         - not fail_on_ceph_health_err|default(true)|bool
 
+    - name: Fail if ceph health is HEALTH_WARN
+      fail:
+        msg: Ceph is in {{ ceph_health.stdout }} state.
+      when:
+        - ceph_health.stdout == 'HEALTH_WARN'
+        - fail_on_ceph_health_warn|default(false)|bool
+
     - name: Fail if ceph health is HEALTH_ERR
       fail:
         msg: Ceph is in {{ ceph_health.stdout }} state.