diff --git a/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml b/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml
index 76fa4e26b5..fcc48cd490 100644
--- a/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml
+++ b/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
   - testing: False
 
   tasks:
+  - fail: msg="Please specify rhel version with rhel=6/7"
+    when: rhel is not defined
+
+  - fail: msg="Please specify rpmdir with rpmdir=..."
+    when: rpmdir is not defined
+
   - name: Fail if no rpmdir provided
     fail: msg="No rpmdir provided"
     when: rpmdir is not defined