diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index 48bc18c45..4f7b0e994 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 [defaults]
 retry_files_enabled = False
+# jinja2_native helps with problems like https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/151
+jinja2_native = True