diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 232b15f4..8b707d17 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ X-Python3-Version: >= 3.2
 
 Package: pvc-daemon-node
 Architecture: all
-Depends: systemd, pvc-daemon-common, python3-kazoo, python3-psutil, python3-apscheduler, python3-libvirt, python3-psycopg2, python3-dnspython, python3-yaml, python3-distutils, ipmitool, libvirt-daemon-system, arping, vlan, bridge-utils, dnsmasq, nftables, pdns-server, pdns-backend-pgsql
+Depends: systemd, pvc-daemon-common, python3-kazoo, python3-psutil, python3-apscheduler, python3-libvirt, python3-psycopg2, python3-dnspython, python3-yaml, python3-distutils, python3-rados, ipmitool, libvirt-daemon-system, arping, vlan, bridge-utils, dnsmasq, nftables, pdns-server, pdns-backend-pgsql
 Suggests: pvc-client-api, pvc-client-cli
 Description: Parallel Virtual Cluster node daemon (Python 3)
  A KVM/Zookeeper/Ceph-based VM and private cloud manager
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcnoded.sample.yaml b/node-daemon/pvcnoded.sample.yaml
index 62ec2d75..c9dd3717 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcnoded.sample.yaml
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcnoded.sample.yaml
@@ -179,3 +179,10 @@ pvc:
           mtu: 1500
           # address: Storage (Ceph OSD) interface IP address, options: None, by-id, <static>/<mask>
           address: by-id
+      # storage; PVC storage configuration
+      # OPTIONAL if enable_storage: False
+      storage:
+        # ceph_config_file: The config file containing the Ceph cluster configuration
+        ceph_config_file: "/etc/ceph/ceph.conf"
+        # ceph_admin_keyring: The file containing the Ceph client admin keyring
+        ceph_admin_keyring: "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring"
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
index 0114b4d4..60eae130 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ import ipaddress
 import apscheduler.schedulers.background
 
 from distutils.util import strtobool
-
 from queue import Queue
-
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
+from rados import Rados
 
 import pvcnoded.log as log
 import pvcnoded.zkhandler as zkhandler
@@ -263,7 +262,10 @@ def readConfig(pvcnoded_config_file, myhostname):
     # Handle the storage config
     if config['enable_storage']:
         try:
-            config_storage = dict()
+            config_storage = {
+                'ceph_config_file': o_config['pvc']['cluster']['storage']['ceph_config_file'],
+                'ceph_admin_keyring': o_config['pvc']['cluster']['storage']['ceph_admin_keyring']
+            }
         except Exception as e:
             print('ERROR: Failed to load configuration: {}'.format(e))
             exit(1)