diff --git a/roles/shiftstack/defaults/main.yml b/roles/shiftstack/defaults/main.yml
index b77c8a558..4355dbe7c 100644
--- a/roles/shiftstack/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/shiftstack/defaults/main.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ cifmw_shiftstack_extra_vars_configmap_name: "shiftstack-extra-vars"
 cifmw_shiftstack_extra_vars_mount_path: "/home/cloud-admin/extra-vars"
 # Optional: name of a Kubernetes Secret containing SSH keys to mount into the pod
 # cifmw_shiftstack_trex_keypair_secret: "trex-keypair"
+cifmw_shiftstack_stages_override: []
diff --git a/roles/shiftstack/tasks/test_config.yml b/roles/shiftstack/tasks/test_config.yml
index 7f8c5cebb..c64e81688 100644
--- a/roles/shiftstack/tasks/test_config.yml
+++ b/roles/shiftstack/tasks/test_config.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
           -e user_cloud={{ cifmw_shiftstack_project_name }}
           -e hypervisor={{ cifmw_shiftstack_hypervisor }}
           -e rhoso_kubeconfig={{ cifmw_shiftstack_shiftstackclient_incluster_kubeconfig_dir }}/kubeconfig
+          {% if cifmw_shiftstack_stages_override | default([]) | length > 0 %}-e '{"stages": {{ cifmw_shiftstack_stages_override | to_json }}}'{% endif %}
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: exec_command_in_pod.yml
 
   rescue: