diff --git a/docs/deploy-rbd.md b/docs/deploy-rbd.md
index 29ea815c9..6c47508fb 100644
--- a/docs/deploy-rbd.md
+++ b/docs/deploy-rbd.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ make image-cephcsi
 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `clusterID`                                                                                         | yes                  | String representing a Ceph cluster, must be unique across all Ceph clusters in use for provisioning, cannot be greater than 36 bytes in length, and should remain immutable for the lifetime of the Ceph cluster in use |
 | `pool`                                                                                              | yes                  | Ceph pool into which the RBD image shall be created                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| `dataPool`                                                                                          | no                   | Ceph pool used for the data of the RBD images.                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `imageFormat`                                                                                       | no                   | RBD image format. Defaults to `2`. See [man pages](http://docs.ceph.com/docs/mimic/man/8/rbd/#cmdoption-rbd-image-format)                                                                                               |
 | `imageFeatures`                                                                                     | no                   | RBD image features. Available for `imageFormat=2`. CSI RBD currently supports only `layering` feature. See [man pages](http://docs.ceph.com/docs/mimic/man/8/rbd/#cmdoption-rbd-image-feature)                          |
 | `csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-name`, `csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-name`           | yes (for Kubernetes) | name of the Kubernetes Secret object containing Ceph client credentials. Both parameters should have the same value                                                                                                     |
diff --git a/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml b/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml
index fca76a998..7785c4d27 100644
--- a/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml
+++ b/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ parameters:
    # csi-config-map-sample.yaml, to accompany the string chosen to
    # represent the Ceph cluster in clusterID below
    clusterID: <cluster-id>
-
-   # Ceph pool into which the RBD image shall be created
+   # If you want to use erasure coded pool with RBD, you need to create
+   # two pools. one erasure coded and one replicated.
+   # You need to specify the replicated pool here in the `pool` parameter, it is
+   # used for the metadata of the images.
+   # The erasure coded pool must be set as the `dataPool` parameter below.
+   # dataPool: ec-data-pool
    pool: rbd
 
    # RBD image format. Defaults to "2".
diff --git a/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go b/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 316d446de..011eb7616 100644
--- a/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) validateVolumeReq(ctx context.Context, req *csi.Crea
 	if value, ok := options["pool"]; !ok || value == "" {
 		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "missing or empty pool name to provision volume from")
 	}
+
+	if value, ok := options["dataPool"]; ok && value == "" {
+		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "empty datapool name to provision volume from")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go b/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go
index a9d885a45..fe9b93ed9 100644
--- a/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type rbdVolume struct {
 	VolID              string `json:"volID"`
 	Monitors           string `json:"monitors"`
 	Pool               string `json:"pool"`
+	DataPool           string
 	ImageFormat        string `json:"imageFormat"`
 	ImageFeatures      string `json:"imageFeatures"`
 	VolSize            int64  `json:"volSize"`
@@ -122,15 +123,27 @@ func createImage(ctx context.Context, pOpts *rbdVolume, volSz int64, cr *util.Cr
 	volSzMiB := fmt.Sprintf("%dM", volSz)
 
 	if pOpts.ImageFormat == rbdImageFormat2 {
-		klog.V(4).Infof(util.Log(ctx, "rbd: create %s size %s format %s (features: %s) using mon %s, pool %s"),
+		logMsg := "rbd: create %s size %s format %s (features: %s) using mon %s, pool %s "
+		if pOpts.DataPool != "" {
+			logMsg += fmt.Sprintf("data pool %s", pOpts.DataPool)
+		}
+		klog.V(4).Infof(util.Log(ctx, logMsg),
 			image, volSzMiB, pOpts.ImageFormat, pOpts.ImageFeatures, pOpts.Monitors, pOpts.Pool)
 	} else {
-		klog.V(4).Infof(util.Log(ctx, "rbd: create %s size %s format %s using mon %s, pool %s"), image, volSzMiB, pOpts.ImageFormat, pOpts.Monitors, pOpts.Pool)
+		logMsg := "rbd: create %s size %s format %s using mon %s, pool %s "
+		if pOpts.DataPool != "" {
+			logMsg += fmt.Sprintf("data pool %s", pOpts.DataPool)
+		}
+		klog.V(4).Infof(util.Log(ctx, logMsg), image, volSzMiB, pOpts.ImageFormat, pOpts.Monitors, pOpts.Pool)
 	}
+
 	args := []string{"create", image, "--size", volSzMiB, "--pool", pOpts.Pool, "--id", cr.ID, "-m", pOpts.Monitors, "--keyfile=" + cr.KeyFile, "--image-format", pOpts.ImageFormat}
 	if pOpts.ImageFormat == rbdImageFormat2 {
 		args = append(args, "--image-feature", pOpts.ImageFeatures)
 	}
+	if pOpts.DataPool != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--data-pool", pOpts.DataPool)
+	}
 	output, err := execCommand("rbd", args)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -452,6 +465,8 @@ func genVolFromVolumeOptions(ctx context.Context, volOptions, credentials map[st
 		return nil, errors.New("missing required parameter pool")
 	}
 
+	rbdVol.DataPool = volOptions["dataPool"]
+
 	if isLegacyVolume {
 		err = updateMons(rbdVol, volOptions, credentials)
 		if err != nil {