diff --git a/etc/kayobe/users.yml b/etc/kayobe/users.yml
index 198ecc95f..e35741883 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/users.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/users.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 # List of users to create. This should be in a format accepted by the
 # singleplatform-eng.users role.
 #users_default:
+
+###############################################################################
+# Dummy variable to allow Ansible to accept this file.
+workaround_ansible_issue_8743: yes