diff --git a/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf b/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf
index 524bb6b..4e06c34 100644
--- a/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf
+++ b/cinder/files/backend/_ceph.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 # Path to the ceph configuration file (string value)
 #rbd_ceph_conf=
-rbd_ceph_conf=/etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+rbd_ceph_conf={{ backend.get('rbd_ceph_conf','/etc/ceph/ceph.conf') }}
 
 # Flatten volumes created from snapshots to remove dependency
 # from volume to snapshot (boolean value)