diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
index 7c04f0086..7afa81e40 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	rookcephv1 "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/daemon/ceph/client"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon"
+	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/config"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/config/keyring"
 	opspec "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/spec"
 	cephver "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/version"
@@ -240,6 +241,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeMgrDaemonContainer(mgrConfig *mgrConfig) v1.Container {
 		},
 		Args: append(
 			opspec.DaemonFlags(c.clusterInfo, mgrConfig.DaemonID),
+			// for ceph-mgr cephfs
+			// see https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/issues/486 for more details
+			config.NewFlag("client-mount-uid", "0"),
+			config.NewFlag("client-mount-gid", "0"),
 			"--foreground",
 		),
 		Image:        c.cephVersion.Image,