diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f305b5a4..0c7d2f44 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The **patch** part is incremented if multiple releases happen the same month
 ### Changed
 
 * autosysadmin-agent: upstream release 24.03.1
+* evolinux-base: Add new variable to disable global customisation of bash config
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml b/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml
index 97f5540e..a706e319 100644
--- a/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ evolinux_ssh_group: "evolinux-ssh"
 #
 # evolinux_users_include: True
 
+# bash
+evolinux_bash_config_include: true
+
 # root
 
 evolinux_root_include: True
diff --git a/evolinux-base/tasks/main.yml b/evolinux-base/tasks/main.yml
index 456207df..931733c9 100644
--- a/evolinux-base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/evolinux-base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 
 - name: Bash configuration
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: bash.yml
+  when: evolinux_bash_config_include | bool
 
 - name: Root user configuration
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: root.yml