diff --git a/playbooks/groups/odcs.yml b/playbooks/groups/odcs.yml
index 1d248696eb..38477faca1 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/odcs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/odcs.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       - packages
 
     - name: start glusterd for the server
-      service: name=glusterd state=started
+      service: name=glusterd state=started enabled=true
 
     - name: Servers discover each other.
       command: gluster peer probe  {{ item }}