diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
index c0d58c579081..7c66a91876f5 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
@@ -224,10 +224,35 @@ public KVMPhysicalDisk createTemplateFromDirectDownloadFile(String templateFileP
             } else {
                 Script.runSimpleBashScript("mv " + templateFilePath + " " + destinationFile);
             }
+        } else if (destPool.getType() == StoragePoolType.RBD) {
+            String temporaryExtractFilePath = sourceFile.getParent() + File.separator + templateUuid;
+            extractDownloadedTemplate(templateFilePath, destPool, temporaryExtractFilePath);
+            createTemplateOnRBDFromDirectDownloadFile(temporaryExtractFilePath, templateUuid, destPool, timeout);
         }
         return destPool.getPhysicalDisk(templateUuid);
     }
 
+    private void createTemplateOnRBDFromDirectDownloadFile(String srcTemplateFilePath, String templateUuid, KVMStoragePool destPool, int timeout) {
+        try {
+            QemuImg.PhysicalDiskFormat srcFileFormat = QemuImg.PhysicalDiskFormat.QCOW2;
+            QemuImgFile srcFile = new QemuImgFile(srcTemplateFilePath, srcFileFormat);
+            QemuImg qemu = new QemuImg(timeout);
+            Map<String, String> info = qemu.info(srcFile);
+            Long virtualSize = Long.parseLong(info.get(QemuImg.VIRTUAL_SIZE));
+            KVMPhysicalDisk destDisk = new KVMPhysicalDisk(destPool.getSourceDir() + "/" + templateUuid, templateUuid, destPool);
+            destDisk.setFormat(PhysicalDiskFormat.RAW);
+            destDisk.setSize(virtualSize);
+            destDisk.setVirtualSize(virtualSize);
+            QemuImgFile destFile = new QemuImgFile(KVMPhysicalDisk.RBDStringBuilder(destPool, destDisk.getPath()));
+            destFile.setFormat(PhysicalDiskFormat.RAW);
+            qemu.convert(srcFile, destFile);
+        } catch (LibvirtException | QemuImgException e) {
+            String err = String.format("Error creating template from direct download file on pool %s: %s", destPool.getUuid(), e.getMessage());
+            logger.error(err, e);
+            throw new CloudRuntimeException(err, e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public StorageVol getVolume(StoragePool pool, String volName) {
         StorageVol vol = null;