diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph.conf.j2
index 118450ae32..a54d6dcb26 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph.conf.j2
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ rgw_keystone_admin_project = service
 rgw_keystone_admin_domain = default
 rgw_keystone_api_version = 3
 rgw_keystone_accepted_roles = admin, {{ keystone_default_user_role }}
+rgw_swift_versioning_enabled = true
 {% endif %}
 keyring = /etc/ceph/ceph.client.radosgw.keyring
 log file = /var/log/kolla/ceph/client.radosgw.gateway.log