diff --git a/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start b/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start
index 188a6f8c3..8622927bd 100755
--- a/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start
+++ b/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ echo "==> Setting up ceph configuration"
 if [ "${ceph_builtin:-"false"}" = "true" ]; then
     mkdir -p "${SNAP_COMMON}/ceph"
     ln -s "${SNAP_COMMON}/ceph" /etc/ceph
+elif [ -e "/var/snap/microceph" ]; then
+    ln -s /var/snap/microceph/current/conf/ /etc/ceph
 else
     ln -s /var/lib/snapd/hostfs/etc/ceph /etc/ceph
 fi