diff --git a/vars/cord.yml b/vars/cord.yml
index 65b7f4a..036b59d 100644
--- a/vars/cord.yml
+++ b/vars/cord.yml
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@
 
 # turn this on, or override when running playbook with --extra-vars="on_cloudlab=True"
 on_cloudlab: False
+
+# turn this off, or override when running playbook with --extra-vars="on_maas=False"
+on_maas: True