diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all b/ansible/group_vars/all
index 59f66120846a71436765cd010c51eda633854018..93553d56b496a2d73865c45b61bd660ba31e0a59 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   ldap_uri: "ldap://ldapserver"
 
 # nfs_mounts related
+  enable_nfs_mounts: false
   use_autofs: false
   mount_points:
     - /gpfs4