diff --git a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq.config b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq.config
index a6d2658f27..7001a82032 100644
--- a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq.config
+++ b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq.config
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
                      'rabbit@rabbitmq03{{env_suffix}}.phx2.fedoraproject.org'],
                     disc}},
 
+   %% How to respond to cluster partitions.
+   %% Related doc guide: https://www.rabbitmq.com/partitions.html
+   {cluster_partition_handling, pause_minority},
+
    %% And some general config
    {log_levels, [{connection, none}]},
    {default_user_tags, [administrator]},