diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index caf6bb6a..ec820a20 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -128,12 +128,16 @@ lxc_image_cache_secondary_keyserver: hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
 #   --arch CONTAINER_ARCH
 #   --force-cache
 #   --server SERVER_TO_GET_IMAGES_FROM
+lxc_cache_default_variant: default
+lxc_cache_download_template_extra_options: ""
 lxc_cache_download_template_options: >
   --dist {{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}
   --release {{ lxc_cache_map.release }}
   --arch {{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}
   --force-cache
   --server {{ lxc_image_cache_server }}
+  --variant {{ lxc_cache_default_variant }}
+  {{ lxc_cache_download_template_extra_options }}
 
 # LXC must be installed from a COPR repository on CentOS 7 since the version
 # provided in EPEL is much too old (1.x).
diff --git a/tasks/lxc_cache_create.yml b/tasks/lxc_cache_create.yml
index a5352185..6f6980e7 100644
--- a/tasks/lxc_cache_create.yml
+++ b/tasks/lxc_cache_create.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 - name: Remove existing cache archive
   file:
-    path: "{{ lxc_container_cache_path }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.release }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}/default/rootfs.tar.xz"
+    path: "{{ lxc_container_cache_path }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.release }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}/{{ lxc_cache_default_variant }}/rootfs.tar.xz"
     state: "absent"
   tags:
     - lxc-cache
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   shell: |
     tar -Opc -C /var/lib/lxc/LXC_NAME/rootfs . | {{ lxc_xz_bin }} -{{ lxc_image_compression_ratio }} -c - > rootfs.tar.xz
   args:
-    chdir: "{{ lxc_container_cache_path }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.release }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}/default/"
+    chdir: "{{ lxc_container_cache_path }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.release }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}/{{ lxc_cache_default_variant }}/"
   notify: Destroy base container
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 6e42564f..ad0d8e6f 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 - name: Stat the prepared LXC cache
   stat:
-    path: "{{ lxc_container_cache_path }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.release }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}/default/rootfs.tar.xz"
+    path: "{{ lxc_container_cache_path }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.release }}/{{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}/{{ lxc_cache_default_variant }}/rootfs.tar.xz"
   register: lxc_cache_stat
   tags:
     - always