diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/dev b/inventory/group_vars/dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d8f2c30da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/dev
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+freezes: false
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/staging b/inventory/group_vars/staging
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d8f2c30da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/staging
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+freezes: false