diff --git a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
index 81740aebdc..96aa5751d7 100644
--- a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
+++ b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 ### the defaults for each role to find additional override options.
 ###
 
+## Debug and Verbose options.
+debug: false
+verbose: false
+
 ## Common Ceilometer Overrides
 # ceilometer_db_type: mongodb
 # ceilometer_db_ip: localhost