diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/ceilometer/recipes/mongodb.rb b/chef/cookbooks/ceilometer/recipes/mongodb.rb
index 480dc9c543..31c12a1f56 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/ceilometer/recipes/mongodb.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/ceilometer/recipes/mongodb.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 end
 
 if ha_enabled
+  # Wait for all nodes to reach this point so we know that all nodes
+  # will have all the required packages installed and configured before
+  # we create the pacemaker resources.
+  crowbar_pacemaker_sync_mark "sync-mongodb_before_ha"
+
   crowbar_pacemaker_sync_mark "wait-mongodb_service"
 
   pacemaker_primitive "mongodb" do