diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
index 82c8b11ba..3edb73ccf 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ func CreatePoolWithPGs(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, clus
 		pool.Application = "nfs"
 	case ".rgw.root":
 		pool.Application = "rgw"
+	case ".nvmeof":
+		pool.Application = "nvmeof-meta"
 	}
 
 	if pool.IsReplicated() {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go
index 03db6e6bf..7db265e2e 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func TestCreatePool(t *testing.T) {
 	p := &cephv1.NamedPoolSpec{}
 	enabledMetricsApp := false
 	enabledMgrApp := false
+	enabledNvmeofApp := false
 	clusterInfo := cephclient.AdminTestClusterInfo("mycluster")
 	executor := &exectest.MockExecutor{
 		MockExecuteCommandWithTimeout: func(timeout time.Duration, command string, args ...string) (string, error) {
@@ -76,11 +77,14 @@ func TestCreatePool(t *testing.T) {
 					}
 					assert.Equal(t, "enable", args[3])
 					if args[5] != "rbd" {
-						if args[4] == ".mgr" {
+						switch args[4] {
+						case ".mgr":
 							enabledMgrApp = true
-							assert.Equal(t, ".mgr", args[4])
 							assert.Equal(t, "mgr", args[5])
-						} else {
+						case ".nvmeof":
+							enabledNvmeofApp = true
+							assert.Equal(t, "nvmeof-meta", args[5])
+						default:
 							fmt.Printf("pool - %v", args)
 							assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("invalid pool %q", args[4]))
 						}
@@ -122,6 +126,16 @@ func TestCreatePool(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(t, enabledMgrApp)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("built-in nvmeof pool", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p.Name = ".nvmeof"
+		p.Replicated.Size = 1
+		p.Replicated.RequireSafeReplicaSize = false
+		p.Application = ""
+		err := createPool(context, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, p)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.True(t, enabledNvmeofApp)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("ec pool", func(t *testing.T) {
 		p.Name = "ecpool"
 		p.Replicated.Size = 0