diff --git a/geonetwork/geonetwork/defaults/main.yml b/geonetwork/geonetwork/defaults/main.yml
index ef51bc18..fcd0222d 100644
--- a/geonetwork/geonetwork/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/geonetwork/geonetwork/defaults/main.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ geonetwork_download_url: 'https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/geonetwork/G
 geonetwork_download_directory: /srv/geonetwork
 geonetwork_data_directory: /srv/geonetwork_data
 
+geonetwork_config_skipinfo: 'n'
diff --git a/geonetwork/geonetwork/templates/geonetwork_config.xml.j2 b/geonetwork/geonetwork/templates/geonetwork_config.xml.j2
index f3a1d101..a31f5779 100644
--- a/geonetwork/geonetwork/templates/geonetwork_config.xml.j2
+++ b/geonetwork/geonetwork/templates/geonetwork_config.xml.j2
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@
 		<service name="xml.metadata.get">
 			<class name=".services.metadata.Show">
 				<param name="skipPopularity" value="y" />
-				<param name="skipInfo" value="y" />
+				<param name="skipInfo" value="{{ geonetwork_config_skipinfo }}" />
 			</class>
 		</service>