diff --git a/roles/dns-configure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dns-configure/tasks/main.yml
index 1481bbe..07b0d5d 100644
--- a/roles/dns-configure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dns-configure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
 - name: Check that VM's can be found in DNS
   shell: "dig +short {{ item.name }}.{{ site_suffix }} | grep {{ item.ipv4_last_octet }}"
   with_items: "{{ head_vm_list }}"
+  tags:
+   - skip_ansible_lint # purely a way to pass/fail config done so far. Ansible needs a "dns_query" module