diff --git a/src/osd/OSDCap.cc b/src/osd/OSDCap.cc
index ee1e947b088c3..e3d541a91df01 100644
--- a/src/osd/OSDCap.cc
+++ b/src/osd/OSDCap.cc
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ void OSDCapGrant::expand_profile()
                                 OSDCapSpec(osd_rwxa_t(OSD_CAP_CLS_R)));
     profile_grants.emplace_back(OSDCapMatch(string(), "rbd_mirroring"),
                                 OSDCapSpec(osd_rwxa_t(OSD_CAP_CLS_R)));
+    profile_grants.emplace_back(OSDCapMatch(profile.pool_namespace.pool_name),
+                                OSDCapSpec("rbd", "metadata_list"));
     profile_grants.emplace_back(OSDCapMatch(profile.pool_namespace),
                                 OSDCapSpec(osd_rwxa_t(OSD_CAP_R |
                                                       OSD_CAP_W |