diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index b22e518d6c..2ffde95014 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -264,3 +264,6 @@
 
 - name: Drop in a little system_identification note
   template: src=system_identification dest=/etc/system_identification
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - base