diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52afc06ce59b99fff6f7b4a173649af254f85bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gcloud_enabled: True
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 97fddf1a670fef43877de514eba6afc95c5a7fad..1985cb5a63c7e6e811e7f80ec0c5b5fc7ec2db11 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@
     with_items: '{{ gcloud_sync|default([]) }}'
     tags: 'cron'
 
-  when: '"gcloud" not in excluded_roles and gcloud_sync is defined'
+  when: 'gcloud_enabled and "gcloud" not in excluded_roles and gcloud_sync is defined'