diff --git a/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml
index 3ce5e4024b87cf04640556fca098bb56202cf02a..9aaa52965db0b4f3104769dab3116a0e54bb01c3 100644
--- a/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
          --skip-monitoring-stack
          --skip-dashboard
          --skip-firewalld
+         --log-to-file
          --mon-ip {{ mon_ip }}
   become: True
   register: cephadm_bootstrap_output