diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
index 3e503a246b9fee2cb280d4a2178a93df54f218d4..be0857ce19b288d79c3a97f30793ab0c024b7159 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+run_gitinfos: false
+
 common_required_pkgs:
   - python-httplib2
   - openssl
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
index 35cbd34c45945b8ccd512ead50919307903a4c7e..72efa116af5598777713cd0db2b020efc3b81f79 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - include: gitinfos.yml
+  when: run_gitinfos
 
 - name: gather os specific variables
   include_vars: "{{ item }}"