diff --git a/memcached/defaults/main.yml b/memcached/defaults/main.yml
index b71c36e9..d7b1fc1d 100644
--- a/memcached/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/memcached/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+memcached_instance_name: False
 memcached_logfile: '/var/log/memcached.log'
 memcached_mem: 64
 memcached_user: 'nobody'