diff --git a/tasks/virthost.yml b/tasks/virthost.yml
index 7ed38790b4..d877c007f8 100644
--- a/tasks/virthost.yml
+++ b/tasks/virthost.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 - name: enable libvirtd
   service: name=libvirtd state=started enabled=yes
 
+#
+# Disable lvmetad as it causes lots of problems with iscsi shared lvm and caching. 
+#
+- name: disable lvmetad
+  lineinfile: dest=/etc/lvm/lvm.conf regexp="^    use_lvmetad = 1" line="    use_lvmetad = 0" backrefs=yes
+
 - name: set bridging to work right - 
   copy: src="{{ files }}/virthost/99-bridge.rules" dest=/etc/udev/rules.d/99-bridge.rules
   notify: