diff --git a/roles/openshift_storage_glusterfs/files/glusterfs-template.yml b/roles/openshift_storage_glusterfs/files/glusterfs-template.yml
index 68647efc997..01d9ae34b90 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_storage_glusterfs/files/glusterfs-template.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift_storage_glusterfs/files/glusterfs-template.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ objects:
           image: ${IMAGE_NAME}
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           env:
+          - name: GLUSTER_BLOCKD_STATUS_PROBE_ENABLE
+            value: "${GLUSTER_BLOCKD_STATUS_PROBE_ENABLE}"
           - name: GB_GLFS_LRU_COUNT
             value: "${GB_GLFS_LRU_COUNT}"
           - name: TCMU_LOGDIR
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ objects:
               command:
               - "/bin/bash"
               - "-c"
-              - systemctl status glusterd.service
+              - "if command -v /usr/local/bin/status-probe.sh; then /usr/local/bin/status-probe.sh readiness; else systemctl status glusterd.service; fi"
             periodSeconds: 25
             successThreshold: 1
             failureThreshold: 50
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ objects:
               command:
               - "/bin/bash"
               - "-c"
-              - systemctl status glusterd.service
+              - "if command -v /usr/local/bin/status-probe.sh; then /usr/local/bin/status-probe.sh liveness; else systemctl status glusterd.service; fi"
             periodSeconds: 25
             successThreshold: 1
             failureThreshold: 50
@@ -147,6 +149,11 @@ parameters:
   displayName: Daemonset Node Labels
   description: Labels which define the daemonset node selector. Must contain at least one label of the format \'glusterfs=<CLUSTER_NAME>-host\'
   value: '{ "glusterfs": "storage-host" }'
+- name: GLUSTER_BLOCKD_STATUS_PROBE_ENABLE
+  displayName: Enable readiness/liveness probe for gluster-blockd
+  description: Setting the value to "1" enables the readiness/liveness probe for gluster-blockd.
+  value: "1"
+  required: false
 - name: IMAGE_NAME
   displayName: GlusterFS container image name
   required: True