diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fedimg b/inventory/group_vars/fedimg
index 08e55eab39..8401c2232b 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fedimg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fedimg
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 6144
 num_cpus: 2
 
+testing: False
+
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file