diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/nagios b/inventory/group_vars/nagios
index 16d6c15eb2..cb70e35e51 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/nagios
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/nagios
@@ -126,3 +126,4 @@ dns_external:
 # Exclude these ansible host groups in hostgroups/all.cfg
 exclude_iad2_hostgroups:
   - centos_ipa_client_stg
+  - zabbix_stg
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/zabbix_stg b/inventory/group_vars/zabbix_stg
index ed4a2052bf..cdc06201ba 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/zabbix_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/zabbix_stg
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ csi_purpose: []
 csi_relationship: |
        Test instance for zabbix server
 
-nagios_Can_Connect: False
+nagios_Can_Connect: false
+nagios_Check_Services:
+  ping: false