diff --git a/roles/locale/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/locale/defaults/main.yaml
index 14f530f..300586a 100644
--- a/roles/locale/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/locale/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 locale_package: []
 locale_gen: true
+lcocale_configure: true
 
 gen_locales:
   - en_US.UTF-8
diff --git a/roles/locale/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/locale/tasks/main.yaml
index 4be134e..4dce914 100644
--- a/roles/locale/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/locale/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
     src: locale.j2
     dest: "{{ locale_config }}"
     mode: '0644'
+  when: locale_configure