diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8885078..5b688ca 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ galera_client_repo: "{{ _galera_client_repo }}"
 # Set the gpg keys needed to be imported
 galera_client_gpg_keys: "{{ _galera_client_gpg_keys | default([]) }}"
 
+# This is only applied if the ansible_pkg_mgr is 'apt'
+galera_server_distro_package_pins: [{ package: "*", release: MariaDB, priority: "1001" }]
+
 ## APT Cache Options
 cache_timeout: 600
 
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
index 9a7b243..c209c19 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,3 @@ _galera_client_gpg_keys:
     fallback_keyserver: 'hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80'
     hash_id: '0xF1656F24C74CD1D8'
 
-galera_client_package_pins: [{ package: "*", release: MariaDB, priority: "1001" }]