diff --git a/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml b/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
index 2f684e7d7f..b9e9134882 100644
--- a/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
+++ b/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     local_action: fail msg="host does not exist on $vmhost"
     when_string: ${inventory_hostname} not in ${result.list_vms}
 
+  - name: pause for 30s before doing it
+    pause: seconds=30 prompt="Destroying vm now $target, abort if this is wrong"
+    
   - name: destroy the vm
     action: virt name=${inventory_hostname} command=destroy
     delegate_to: $vmhost