diff --git a/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml b/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml
index 75d0cc014d..3586d20ec4 100644
--- a/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml
+++ b/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
 - name: Ensure /var/log/journal exists
   become: true
   file: path=/var/log/journal state=directory mode=0750 owner=root group=root setype=var_log_t
+- name: Populate service facts
+  service_facts:
+- name: Wait for cloud-init to finish, if enabled
+  cloud_init_data_facts:
+    filter: status
+  register: res
+  until: >
+    res.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage is defined and
+    not res.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage
+  retries: 50
+  delay: 5
+  when: >
+    'cloud-init.service' in ansible_facts.services and
+    ansible_facts.services['cloud-init.service']['status'] == 'enabled'
 - name: Create /var/lib/container-puppet
   become: true
   no_log: True