diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8160158..f155e87 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 nginx_distribution: nginx
 nginx_conf_dir: /etc/nginx
 
+nginx_extras_package_install: true
+
 nginx_repo: "deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu {{ ansible_distribution_release }} nginx"
 
 nginx_binary_name: nginx
diff --git a/tasks/nginx-installation.yml b/tasks/nginx-installation.yml
index 79c8c18..5edefab 100644
--- a/tasks/nginx-installation.yml
+++ b/tasks/nginx-installation.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name:
       - nginx
+    state: present
+  when: not nginx_extras_package_install
+  tags: [packages, nginx]
+
+- name: Install the nginx-extras package
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name:
       - nginx-extras
     state: present
+  when: nginx_extras_package_install
   tags: [packages, nginx]