diff --git a/ci/roles/security_group/tasks/main.yml b/ci/roles/security_group/tasks/main.yml
index 5ef8a65f..79a4354e 100644
--- a/ci/roles/security_group/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ci/roles/security_group/tasks/main.yml
@@ -72,4 +72,25 @@
      name: ansible_security_group
      state: absent
 
+- name: Create stateless security group
+  openstack.cloud.security_group:
+     cloud: "{{ cloud }}"
+     name: ansible_security_group_stateless
+     stateful: false
+     state: present
+     description: 'Created from Ansible playbook'
+  register: security_group_stateless
+
+- name: Assert return values of security_group module
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - security_group_stateless.security_group.name == 'ansible_security_group_stateless'
+      - security_group_stateless.security_group.stateful == False
+
+- name: Delete stateless security group
+  openstack.cloud.security_group:
+     cloud: "{{ cloud }}"
+     name: ansible_security_group_stateless
+     state: absent
+
 - include_tasks: rules.yml
diff --git a/plugins/modules/security_group.py b/plugins/modules/security_group.py
index 5c01f768..2196e8fa 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/security_group.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/security_group.py
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ options:
     choices: [present, absent]
     default: present
     type: str
+  stateful:
+    description:
+      - Should the resource be stateful or stateless.
+    type: bool
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - openstack.cloud.openstack
 '''
@@ -201,6 +205,14 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     name: foo
     description: security group for foo servers
 
+- name: Create a stateless security group
+  openstack.cloud.security_group:
+    cloud: mordred
+    state: present
+    stateful: false
+    name: foo
+    description: stateless security group for foo servers
+
 - name: Update the existing 'foo' security group description
   openstack.cloud.security_group:
     cloud: mordred
@@ -260,6 +272,7 @@ class SecurityGroupModule(OpenStackModule):
             ),
         ),
         state=dict(default='present', choices=['absent', 'present']),
+        stateful=dict(type="bool"),
     )
 
     module_kwargs = dict(
@@ -405,7 +418,7 @@ class SecurityGroupModule(OpenStackModule):
 
     def _create(self):
         kwargs = dict((k, self.params[k])
-                      for k in ['description', 'name']
+                      for k in ['description', 'name', 'stateful']
                       if self.params[k] is not None)
 
         project_name_or_id = self.params['project']