diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml
index c9d3766a..89b39679 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml
@@ -109,3 +109,6 @@ no_proxy_exclude_workers: false
 # rh_subscription_usage: "Development"
 # rh_subscription_role: "Red Hat Enterprise Server"
 # rh_subscription_sla: "Self-Support"
+
+## Check if access_ip responds to ping. Set false if your firewall blocks ICMP.
+# ping_access_ip: true
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
index 5bf702db..5a562f78 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/defaults/main.yml
@@ -56,3 +56,6 @@ yum_repo_dir: /etc/yum.repos.d
 
 # number of times package install task should be retried
 pkg_install_retries: 4
+
+# Check if access_ip responds to ping. Set false if your firewall blocks ICMP.
+ping_access_ip: true
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-verify-settings.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-verify-settings.yml
index a2db1d99..371e6643 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-verify-settings.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-verify-settings.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
   when:
     - access_ip is defined
     - not ignore_assert_errors
+    - ping_access_ip
 
 - name: Stop if RBAC is not enabled when dashboard is enabled
   assert: