diff --git a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/vars/main.yml b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/vars/main.yml
index c3ab63b714..e68f93103b 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/vars/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ rewrite: false
 header_expect: false
 header_scheme: false
 keephost: false
+targettype: plain