diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/validate-xfs-ftype-equals-0-8fdb1f8c99bee975.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/validate-xfs-ftype-equals-0-8fdb1f8c99bee975.yaml
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+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Validate that there are no volumes formatted with XFS
+    and ftype=0.
+    Deployments from OpenStack Kilo or Liberty have XFS
+    partitions formatted with ftype=0, which is incompatible
+    with the docker overlayfs driver.
+    From OpenStack Newton, we have support for XFS ftype=1
+    by default.
+    This check will make fail the pre-upgrade validations
+    if there are deployments coming back from Kilo or Liberty
+    and have XFS partitions with ftype=0.
diff --git a/validations/check-ftype.yaml b/validations/check-ftype.yaml
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+---
+- hosts: undercloud, overcloud
+  vars:
+    metadata:
+      name: XFS ftype check
+      description: >
+        Check if there is at least 1 XFS volume
+        with ftype=0 in any deployed node.
+      groups:
+        - pre-upgrade
+  tasks:
+  - name: Check if there are XFS volumes with ftype=0
+    become: true
+    shell: |
+      for dev in $(df -h | grep '/dev/' | grep -v 'tmp' | cut -d' ' -f1)
+      do
+        parseftype=$(xfs_info $dev | grep ftype=0);
+        if [[ ! -z "$parseftype" ]]; then
+          ftype="ftype=0";
+          break;
+        fi
+      done
+      echo $ftype;
+    register: ftype
+    changed_when: false
+  - name: Check ftype
+    fail:
+      msg: >
+        XFS volumes formatted using ftype=0 are incompatible
+        with the docker overlayfs driver.
+        Run xfs_info in {{ ansible_fqdn }} and fix those volumes
+        before proceeding with the upgrade.
+    when:
+      - ftype.stdout == 'ftype=0'