diff --git a/roles/dnsmasq/defaults/main.yml b/roles/dnsmasq/defaults/main.yml
index 7a1e77023..89ab02ab8 100644
--- a/roles/dnsmasq/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dnsmasq/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ dnsmasq_version: 2.72
 
 # Images
 dnsmasq_image_repo: "andyshinn/dnsmasq"
-dnsmasq_image_tag: "{{ dnsmasq_version }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+dnsmasq_image_tag: "{{ dnsmasq_version }}"
+
+# Skip dnsmasq setup
+skip_dnsmasq: false
+
+# Skip setting up dnsmasq daemonset
+skip_dnsmasq_k8s: "{{ skip_dnsmasq }}"
diff --git a/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/main.yml
index 46c1604f6..6b271a1e2 100644
--- a/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dnsmasq/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 - include: dnsmasq.yml
-  when: "{{ not skip_dnsmasq|bool }}"
+  when: "{{ not skip_dnsmasq_k8s|bool }}"
 
 - include: resolvconf.yml