diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
index 90bbd2d8a0..dd8f11c66a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ cinder_backend_pure_nvme_tcp_name: "Pure-FlashArray-nvme-tcp"
 
 cinder_ceph_backends:
   - name: "{{ cinder_backend_ceph_name }}"
+    backend_name: "{{ cinder_backend_ceph_name }}"
     cluster: "{{ ceph_cluster }}"
     user: "{{ ceph_cinder_user }}"
     pool: "{{ ceph_cinder_pool_name }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
index 7320203508..649e05f357 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ target_protocol = iscsi
 {% for backend in cinder_ceph_backends %}
 [{{ backend.name }}]
 volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver
-volume_backend_name = {{ backend.name }}
+volume_backend_name = {{ backend.backend_name | default(backend.name) }}
 rbd_pool = {{ backend.pool }}
 rbd_ceph_conf = /etc/ceph/{{ backend.cluster }}.conf
 rados_connect_timeout = 5
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/cinder-ceph-backend-name-0984e44da7905a81.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-ceph-backend-name-0984e44da7905a81.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbb39933e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-ceph-backend-name-0984e44da7905a81.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added support for explicitly setting ``volume_backend_name`` for
+    Cinder Ceph backends by the new variable ``backend_name`` in
+    the ``cinder_ceph_backends`` dictionary configuration.