diff --git a/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf b/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf
index 75c7dd6..8438dbf 100644
--- a/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf
+++ b/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
 # megabytes). (integer value)
 #rbd_store_chunk_size=4
 
+# Set to True if the pool is used exclusively by Cinder. On exclusive use
+# driver won't query images' provisioned size as they will match the value
+# calculated by the Cinder core code for allocated_capacity_gb. This reduces
+# the load on the Ceph cluster as well as on the volume service. (boolean
+# value)
+#rbd_exclusive_cinder_pool = false
+{%- if backend.rbd_exclusive_cinder_pool is defined %}
+rbd_exclusive_cinder_pool = {{ backend.rbd_exclusive_cinder_pool }}
+{%- endif %}
+
 # Timeout value (in seconds) used when connecting to ceph
 # cluster. If value < 0, no timeout is set and default
 # librados value is used. (integer value)
diff --git a/tests/pillar/ceph_single.sls b/tests/pillar/ceph_single.sls
index c12365b..b4882b3 100644
--- a/tests/pillar/ceph_single.sls
+++ b/tests/pillar/ceph_single.sls
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
         user: cinder
         secret_uuid: password
         client_cinder_key: password
+        rbd_exclusive_cinder_pool: true
     identity:
       engine: keystone
       host: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/tests/pillar/client.sls b/tests/pillar/client.sls
index 4dfd0bd..e72b57d 100644
--- a/tests/pillar/client.sls
+++ b/tests/pillar/client.sls
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
       ceph:
         type_name: standard-iops
         engine: ceph
+        rbd_exclusive_cinder_pool: false
         key:
           conn_speed: fibre-10G