diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
index 5888ede7fd..1a3ba9cb24 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # FIXME? figure out nrpe selinux policy of DOOM is needed
 
 - name: /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg
-  template: src=nrpe.cfg dest=/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg
+  template: src=nrpe.cfg.j2 dest=/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg
   notify:
   - restart nrpe
   tags: