diff --git a/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml b/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml
index a180ae9b0d..abb93c6b94 100644
--- a/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/
   with_fileglob:
    - "{{ bigfiles }}/geoip/*.dat"
+  tags:
+  - geoip
 
 - name: geoip syncing script via cron
   copy: src=geoip_sync dest=/etc/cron.d/geoip_sync mode=0644