diff --git a/roles/datastore/tasks/gluster.yaml b/roles/datastore/tasks/gluster.yaml
index 4160510..2c34f93 100644
--- a/roles/datastore/tasks/gluster.yaml
+++ b/roles/datastore/tasks/gluster.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
     path: /mnt/brick/datastore
     state: directory
 
+- name: Start and disable glusterd
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: glusterd
+    state: started
+    enabled: false
+
 - name: Fetch peer status
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.command: