diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ab176aa028d320347d76a3e71cd257937268a2fe..9ae44833133060fbb0a4d795c1ebc59524bcab03 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 php_called_from_apache: false
+php_install_redis: true
 php_repositories: []
 php_packages:
   - php-apc