diff --git a/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/bootstrap.yml b/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/bootstrap.yml
index 9bc182c..0422db6 100644
--- a/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/bootstrap.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@
     - "bluestore cache autotune = true"
     - "rbd default features = 5"
 
+- name: add single-node cluster options
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /tmp/ceph-bootstrap/ceph.conf
+    line: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+    - "osd pool default size = 2"
+    - "osd pool default min size = 1"
+  when: "{{ pvc_nodes | length }} == 1"
+
 - name: add memory limit if requested
   lineinfile:
     dest: /tmp/ceph-bootstrap/ceph.conf
diff --git a/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/main.yml b/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/main.yml
index c26045f..78c2532 100644
--- a/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pvc/tasks/ceph/main.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@
     - ceph-mon@{{ ansible_hostname }}
     - ceph-mgr@{{ ansible_hostname }}
 
+# Single-node cluster ruleset
+- name: remove default CRUSH replicated_rule ruleset
+  command: ceph osd crush rule rm replicated_rule
+  when: "{{ pvc_nodes | length }} == 1"
+
+- name: add single-node CRUSH replicated_rule ruleset
+  command: ceph osd crush rule create-replicated replicated_rule default osd
+  when: "{{ pvc_nodes | length }} == 1"
+
 # System OSD CPU shielding activation
 - block:
     - name: install packages