diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources.go b/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources.go
index 295878ffb2..ffc3c008b2 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) createExternalStorageClusterResources(instanc
 				scc = newCephFilesystemStorageClassConfiguration(instance)
 				enableRookCSICephFS = true
 			} else if d.Name == cephRbdStorageClassName {
-				scc = newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration(instance)
+				scc = newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration(instance, d.Data["dataPool"])
 			} else if d.Name == cephRgwStorageClassName {
 				rgwEndpoint := d.Data[externalCephRgwEndpointKey]
 				if err := checkEndpointReachable(rgwEndpoint, 5*time.Second); err != nil {
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources_test.go b/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources_test.go
index 62f6928ff1..be6eb29167 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources_test.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/external_resources_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ var globalTestExternalResources = []ExternalResource{
 	{
 		Kind: "StorageClass",
 		Data: map[string]string{
-			"pool": "device_health_metrics",
+			"pool":     "device_health_metrics",
+			"dataPool": "ec-data-pool",
 		},
 		Name: "ceph-rbd",
 	},
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/generate.go b/controllers/storagecluster/generate.go
index 6d77cdf2e2..4a129fa3ba 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/generate.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/generate.go
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ func generateNameForCephBlockPool(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-cephblockpool", initData.Name)
 }
 
+func generateNameForEcCephBlockPool(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("ec-%s-cephblockpool", initData.Name)
+}
+
 func generateNameForCephObjectStore(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", initData.Name, "cephobjectstore")
 }
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/storageclasses.go b/controllers/storagecluster/storageclasses.go
index 1655d9682c..04fdf63e0d 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/storageclasses.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/storageclasses.go
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ func newCephFilesystemStorageClassConfiguration(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster)
 }
 
 // newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration generates configuration options for a Ceph Block Pool StorageClass.
-func newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) StorageClassConfiguration {
+func newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster, dataPool string) StorageClassConfiguration {
 	persistentVolumeReclaimDelete := corev1.PersistentVolumeReclaimDelete
 	allowVolumeExpansion := true
 	managementSpec := initData.Spec.ManagedResources.CephBlockPools
-	return StorageClassConfiguration{
+	sc := StorageClassConfiguration{
 		storageClass: &storagev1.StorageClass{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name: generateNameForCephBlockPoolSC(initData),
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ func newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) S
 		disable:           managementSpec.DisableStorageClass,
 		isClusterExternal: initData.Spec.ExternalStorage.Enable,
 	}
+	if dataPool != "" {
+		sc.storageClass.Parameters = map[string]string{
+			"dataPool": generateNameForEcCephBlockPool(initData),
+		}
+	}
+	return sc
 }
 
 // newCephOBCStorageClassConfiguration generates configuration options for a Ceph Object Store StorageClass.
@@ -261,7 +267,7 @@ func newCephOBCStorageClassConfiguration(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) Storage
 func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) newStorageClassConfigurations(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) ([]StorageClassConfiguration, error) {
 	ret := []StorageClassConfiguration{
 		newCephFilesystemStorageClassConfiguration(initData),
-		newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration(initData),
+		newCephBlockPoolStorageClassConfiguration(initData, ""),
 	}
 	// OBC storageclass will be returned only in TWO conditions,
 	// a. either 'externalStorage' is enabled