diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 58573eb..70dfb5c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ puppet_environment: production
 puppet_timeout: 30m
 futureparser: False
 mgmt_manifestpath: '{{ manifest_base }}/{{ puppet_environment }}'
+puppet_hieradata_link_dest: '{{ manifest_base }}/hieradata'
diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index ea8dfd1..10a4c6b 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     - name: ensure hieradata manifest link is present
       file:
         src: "{{ '/etc/puppet/hieradata' if puppet_version == '3' else '/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments' }}"
-        dest: "{{ manifest_base }}/hieradata"
+        dest: "{{ puppet_hieradata_link_dest }}"
         state: link
       when: copy_hieradata