diff --git a/ansible/cluster.yml b/ansible/cluster.yml
index a84fec61c96a8a1dfb4d973fc2ed0937bd20744d..a131e1e39f4be97d07fe10e0375b2fa732e8c2f1 100644
--- a/ansible/cluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/cluster.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
     - { name: 'slurm_client', tags: 'slurm_client', when: enable_slurm_client }
     - { name: 'ssh_host_keys', tags: 'ssh_host_keys' }
     - { name: 'ssh_proxy_config', tags: 'ssh_proxy_config', when: enable_ssh_proxy_config }
+    - { name: 'rsyslog_config', tags: 'rsyslog_config', when: enable_rsyslog_config }
diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all b/ansible/group_vars/all
index 4c972564fc399140cfbebc6ee6cb4eb19c40aae5..0f8cdbe4a8637c53e342e4da0151de4c063d5199 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@
   fail2ban_cidr_list: "127.0.0.1/8"
 
 # rsyslog
+  enable_rsyslog_config: false
   rsyslog_target: "*.* @master:514"