diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 86ac264..8ea0a4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * base: use "servers" option instead of "server" option for ntpd.conf
 * base: fstab options can be activated or not
 * base: configure "/usr/X11R6" and "/usr/local" for servers that have a mount on it
+* base: we can chose to deploy or not utils files
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/roles/base/defaults/main.yml b/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
index c057a2a..c641289 100644
--- a/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ evobsd_fstab_noatime: true
 evobsd_fstab_noexec: true
 
 install_url: "https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD"
+
+evobsd_updateevobackupcanary_include: true
+evobsd_dumpserverstate_include: true
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/utils.yml b/roles/base/tasks/utils.yml
index b9cf8c1..e989d38 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/utils.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/utils.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     owner: root
     group: wheel
     mode: "0750"
+  when:
+    - evobsd_dumpserverstate_include | bool
   tags:
     - utils
 
@@ -18,5 +20,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: wheel
     mode: "0755"
+  when:
+    - evobsd_updateevobackupcanary_include | bool
   tags:
     - utils