diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 22709024..9925c3eb 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@ opendistro_kibana_password: changeme
 # Deployment settings
 generate_certs: true
 perform_installation: true
+
+opendistro_nolog_sensible: true