diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/scc.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/scc.go
index 5f9ee1062..cde7af6cc 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/scc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/scc.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func NewSecurityContextConstraints(name, namespace string) *secv1.SecurityContex
 			Namespace: namespace,
 		},
 		AllowPrivilegedContainer: true,
+		AllowHostDirVolumePlugin: true,
 		ReadOnlyRootFilesystem:   false,
 		AllowHostIPC:             true,
 		AllowHostNetwork:         false,