diff --git a/roles/locale/tasks/main.yml b/roles/locale/tasks/main.yml
index 73af3f9..f09d3f4 100644
--- a/roles/locale/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/locale/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   community.general.locale_gen:
     name: "{{ item }}"
   loop: "{{ gen_locales }}"
+  when: locale_gen | default('true')
 
 - name: Put default locale config in place
   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/roles/locale/vars/RedHat.yml b/roles/locale/vars/RedHat.yml
index 92d5ee4..dc71b31 100644
--- a/roles/locale/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/roles/locale/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 
 locale_config: /etc/locale.conf
+locale_gen: false