diff --git a/roles/base/files/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/plugins/ceph b/roles/base/files/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/plugins/ceph
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7301111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/base/files/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/plugins/ceph
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Ceph check for Check_MK
+# Installed by PVC ansible
+
+CMK_VERSION="2.1.0"
+
+USER=client.admin
+KEYRING=/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
+
+if [ -n "$USER" ] && [ -n "$KEYRING" ]; then
+    CEPH_CMD="ceph -n $USER --keyring=$KEYRING"
+    echo "<<<ceph_status>>>"
+    $CEPH_CMD -s -f json-pretty
+    if OUT="$($CEPH_CMD df detail --format json)"; then
+        echo "<<<ceph_df_json:sep(0)>>>"
+        $CEPH_CMD version --format json
+        echo "$OUT"
+    else
+        # fallback for old versions if json output is not available
+        echo "<<<ceph_df>>>"
+        $CEPH_CMD df detail
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 53d7bb1..2eb0dd8 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@
     mode: 0755
   with_items:
     - backup
+    - ceph
     - cephfsmounts
     - dpkg
     - entropy