diff --git a/geoserver/geoserver/defaults/main.yml b/geoserver/geoserver/defaults/main.yml
index e3612750..7b9eb3d4 100644
--- a/geoserver/geoserver/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/geoserver/geoserver/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ geoserver_app_name: geoserver
 geoserver_version: '{{ geoserver_major_version }}.{{ geoserver_minor_version }}'
 geoserver_download_url: 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/{{ geoserver_version }}/geoserver-{{ geoserver_version }}-war.zip'
 
+geoserver_additional_jars: False
+
 geoserver_download_directory: /srv/geoserver
 geoserver_data_directory: /srv/geoserver_data
 
diff --git a/geoserver/geoserver/tasks/geoserver.yml b/geoserver/geoserver/tasks/geoserver.yml
index e264dbe9..0b8e4276 100644
--- a/geoserver/geoserver/tasks/geoserver.yml
+++ b/geoserver/geoserver/tasks/geoserver.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       with_together:
         - '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
         - '{{ geoserver_patches_data | default (omit) }}'
+      when: geoserver_additional_jars
       notify: tomcat instances restart
       tags: [ 'geoserver', 'geopatch' ]