diff --git a/docs/deploy-rbd.md b/docs/deploy-rbd.md
index bdf47d6be17..29f64105859 100644
--- a/docs/deploy-rbd.md
+++ b/docs/deploy-rbd.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ make image-cephcsi
 | `mounter`                                                                                           | no                   | if set to `rbd-nbd`, use `rbd-nbd` on nodes that have `rbd-nbd` and `nbd` kernel modules to map rbd images                                                                                                              |
 | `encrypted`                                                                                         | no                   | disabled by default, use `"true"` to enable LUKS encryption on PVC and `"false"` to disable it. **Do not change for existing storageclasses**                                                                           |
 | `encryptionKMSID`                                                                                   | no                   | required if encryption is enabled and a kms is used to store passphrases                                                                                                                                                |
+| `thickProvision`                                                                                    | no                   | if set to `"true"`, newly created RBD images will be completely allocated by writing zeros to it                                                                                                                        |
 
 **NOTE:** An accompanying CSI configuration file, needs to be provided to the
 running pods. Refer to [Creating CSI configuration](../examples/README.md#creating-csi-configuration)
diff --git a/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml b/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml
index ce467293128..362780121b1 100644
--- a/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml
+++ b/examples/rbd/storageclass.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ parameters:
    # eg: pool: rbdpool
    pool: <rbd-pool-name>
 
+   # Set thickProvision to true if you want RBD images to be fully allocated on
+   # creation (thin provisioning is the default).
+   thickProvision: "false"
    # (required) RBD image features, CSI creates image with image-format 2
    # CSI RBD currently supports only `layering` feature.
    imageFeatures: layering
diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 0a5d418a56d..982b77467ca 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package rbd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 
 	csicommon "github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/csi-common"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/journal"
@@ -116,6 +118,14 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) parseVolCreateRequest(ctx context.Context, req *csi.
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, err.Error())
 	}
 
+	tp := "thickProvision"
+	thick := req.GetParameters()[tp]
+	if thick != "" {
+		if rbdVol.ThickProvision, err = strconv.ParseBool(thick); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse %q: %w", tp, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	rbdVol.RequestName = req.GetName()
 
 	// Volume Size - Default is 1 GiB
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 63a18c2b99d..ddc2fb17d3c 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ type rbdVolume struct {
 	Encrypted           bool
 	readOnly            bool
 	Primary             bool
+	ThickProvision      bool
 	KMS                 util.EncryptionKMS
 	// Owner is the creator (tenant, Kubernetes Namespace) of the volume.
 	Owner     string