diff --git a/molecule/zammad/converge.yml b/molecule/zammad/converge.yml
index 9a60aed3..2e4a5ad8 100644
--- a/molecule/zammad/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/zammad/converge.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 ---
 - name: "Converge"
   hosts: "all"
+  vars:
+    zammad_nginx_disabled: true
   tasks:
 
     - name: "Get private key content"
diff --git a/roles/zammad/defaults/main.yml b/roles/zammad/defaults/main.yml
index ef5ba32a..8b3fcadb 100644
--- a/roles/zammad/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/zammad/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ zammad_ssl_key_path: "/etc/ssl/private/zammad_key.pem"
 
 zammad_nginx_additional_server_configs: []
 zammad_nginx_server_tokens: "off"
+zammad_nginx_disabled: false
 
 elasticsearch_url: "http://localhost:9200"
 ...
diff --git a/roles/zammad/handlers/main.yml b/roles/zammad/handlers/main.yml
index 0b363106..aac95e90 100644
--- a/roles/zammad/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/zammad/handlers/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.service:
     name: "nginx"
     state: "reloaded"
+  when: "not zammad_nginx_disabled"
 
 - name: "Set Elasticsearch server address"
   ansible.builtin.command: >-
diff --git a/roles/zammad/tasks/nginx-config.yml b/roles/zammad/tasks/nginx-config.yml
index 8005f0cb..6cfe9e22 100644
--- a/roles/zammad/tasks/nginx-config.yml
+++ b/roles/zammad/tasks/nginx-config.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,12 @@
     group: "root"
   notify: "Reload nginx"
 
+- name: "Stop nginx"
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: "nginx"
+    state: "stopped"
+    enabled: false
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when: "zammad_nginx_disabled"
+
 ...