diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4d0f3a6..b01a2bb1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 ### Added
 
 * php: install php-xml with recent PHP versions
+* evolinux_user_create variable for evolinux-users that allows creating only a subset of users, defaults to active
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/evolinux-users/defaults/main.yml b/evolinux-users/defaults/main.yml
index 8ff94551..cbe6bca4 100644
--- a/evolinux-users/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/evolinux-users/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ evolinux_ssh_group: "evolinux-ssh"
 evolinux_internal_group: ""
 
 evolinux_root_disable_ssh: True
+
+# Defines which groups of users are created
+evolinux_users_create:
+  - active
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/evolinux-users/tasks/main.yml b/evolinux-users/tasks/main.yml
index 1b838e01..e8c52408 100644
--- a/evolinux-users/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/evolinux-users/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
   vars:
     user: "{{ item.value }}"
   loop: "{{ evolinux_users | dict2items }}"
-  when: evolinux_users | length > 0
+  when: 
+    - user.create | intersect(evolinux_users_create) | length > 0
+    - evolinux_users | length > 0
 
 - name: Configure sudo
   include: sudo.yml
diff --git a/evolinux-users/tasks/ssh.yml b/evolinux-users/tasks/ssh.yml
index b0bf8b58..16c4eb67 100644
--- a/evolinux-users/tasks/ssh.yml
+++ b/evolinux-users/tasks/ssh.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     user: "{{ item.value }}"
   loop: "{{ evolinux_users | dict2items }}"
   when:
+    - user.create | intersect(evolinux_users_create) | length > 0
     - ssh_allowusers
     - not ssh_allowgroups
 
diff --git a/evolinux-users/tasks/sudo.yml b/evolinux-users/tasks/sudo.yml
index 4056e7ad..fa537079 100644
--- a/evolinux-users/tasks/sudo.yml
+++ b/evolinux-users/tasks/sudo.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   loop: "{{ evolinux_users | dict2items }}"
   when:
     - evolinux_users | length > 0
+    - user.create | intersect(evolinux_users_create) | length > 0
     - ansible_distribution_release == "jessie"
 
 
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@
     vars:
       user: "{{ item.value }}"
     loop: "{{ evolinux_users | dict2items }}"
+    when:
+      - evolinux_users | length > 0
+      - user.create | intersect(evolinux_users_create) | length > 0
   when:
     - ansible_distribution_major_version is defined
     - ansible_distribution_major_version is version('9', '>=')