diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/11-letsencrypt.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/11-letsencrypt.conf.j2
index 77c0253d1d..cfada0786a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/11-letsencrypt.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/11-letsencrypt.conf.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   path /var/log/kolla/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-lego.log
   pos_file /var/run/fluentd/letsencrypt.pos
   tag infra.letsencrypt.lego
-  enable_watch_timer false
+  enable_watch_timer {{ fluentd_enable_watch_timer }}
   <parse>
     @type multiline
     format_firstline /^\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/