diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ad2be6e..524f65d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ es_config_log4j2: log4j2.properties.j2
 es_pid_dir: "/var/run/elasticsearch"
 es_data_dirs: "/var/lib/elasticsearch"
 es_log_dir: "/var/log/elasticsearch"
+es_action_auto_create_index: true
 es_max_open_files: 65536
 es_max_threads: "{{ 2048 if ( es_version | version_compare('6.0.0', '<')) else 8192 }}"
 es_max_map_count: 262144