diff --git a/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/inventory.tf b/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/inventory.tf
index 0af7eb30b..f86d38205 100644
--- a/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/inventory.tf
+++ b/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/inventory.tf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ resource "local_file" "hosts" {
 }
 
 resource "local_file" "partitions" {
+    count = var.autogenerated_partitions_enabled ? 1: 0
     content  = templatefile("${path.module}/partitions.tpl",
                             {
                               "compute_groups": module.compute,
diff --git a/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/variables.tf b/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/variables.tf
index 52cc3a605..b26fd506b 100644
--- a/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/variables.tf
+++ b/environments/skeleton/{{cookiecutter.environment}}/tofu/variables.tf
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ variable "key_pair" {
     description = "Name of an existing keypair in OpenStack"
 }
 
+variable "autogenerated_partitions_enabled" {
+   type = bool
+   description = "Whether or not to template partitions.yml"
+   default = true
+}
+
 variable "control_node_flavor" {
     type = string
     description = "Flavor name for control node"