diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4826724a..4a016943 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+* etc-git: manage a cron job to monitor uncommited changes in /etc/.git (default: `True`)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/etc-git/README.md b/etc-git/README.md
index 9028cc1c..2d3c3840 100644
--- a/etc-git/README.md
+++ b/etc-git/README.md
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ There is also an independant task that can be executed to commit changes made in
     vars:
       commit_message: "Ansible post-run my splendid playbook"
 ```
+
+## Available variables
+
+* `etc_git_monitor_status`: monitor uncommited changes in /etc/.git (default: `True`) ;
diff --git a/etc-git/defaults/main.yml b/etc-git/defaults/main.yml
index 2743375a..8a822abd 100644
--- a/etc-git/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/etc-git/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 ---
 commit_message: Ansible run
+
+etc_git_monitor_status: True
diff --git a/etc-git/tasks/main.yml b/etc-git/tasks/main.yml
index 732a7c94..8a62fa73 100644
--- a/etc-git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/etc-git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     special_time: "hourly"
     user: root
     job: "who > /dev/null || git --git-dir=/etc/.git --work-tree=/etc status --short"
-    state: present
+    state: "{{ etc_git_monitor_status | bool | ternary("present","absent") }}"
   tags:
     - etc-git
 
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@
     hour: 21
     minute: 21
     job: "git --git-dir=/etc/.git --work-tree=/etc status --short"
-    state: present
+    state: "{{ etc_git_monitor_status | bool | ternary("present","absent") }}"
   tags:
     - etc-git