diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7c8ee638..7a0cc33b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -333,3 +333,4 @@ tempest_tempestconf_profile:
 # Stackviz tarball url
 stackviz_tarball: "https://tarballs.openstack.org/package-stackviz-element/stackviz-latest.tar.gz"
 stackviz_venv_bin: "/openstack/venvs/stackviz/bin"
+tempest_run_stackviz: true
diff --git a/tasks/tempest_install.yml b/tasks/tempest_install.yml
index adc2585e..9e20c585 100644
--- a/tasks/tempest_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/tempest_install.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@
     venv_install_destination_path: "{{ stackviz_venv_bin | dirname }}"
     venv_pip_install_args: "--isolated"
     venv_pip_packages: "{{ [ stackviz_tarball ] }}"
+  when: tempest_run_stackviz | bool
diff --git a/tasks/tempest_run.yml b/tasks/tempest_run.yml
index 6ffdb436..96c702f2 100644
--- a/tasks/tempest_run.yml
+++ b/tasks/tempest_run.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     changed_when: false
     failed_when: false
 
+- block:
   # Copy module doesn't copy recursively with remote_src set to true
   - name: Copy stackviz-html to home directory
     shell: |
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@
     tags:
       # don't trigger ANSIBLE0013
       - skip_ansible_lint
+  when: tempest_run_stackviz | bool
 
 - name: Fail if tempest tests did not succeed
   assert: