diff --git a/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/defaults/main.yml
index c7566e386d..e0484720c3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ rabbitmq_userid: rabbitmq
 # Name of the rabbitmq cluster
 rabbitmq_cluster_name: rabbitmq_cluster1
 
+# Specify a partition recovery strategy (autoheal | pause_minority | ignore)
+rabbitmq_cluster_partition_handling: pause_minority
+
 # Rabbitmq open file limits
 rabbitmq_ulimit: 4096
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2 b/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2
index 3a178d89a0..834c5af81f 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/rabbitmq_server/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [
   {rabbit, [
     {loopback_users, []},
+    {% if rabbitmq_cluster_partition_handling != 'ignore' %}{cluster_partition_handling, {{ rabbitmq_cluster_partition_handling }}},{% endif %}
     {cluster_nodes, {
       [ {% for host in groups['rabbitmq_all'] %}'rabbit@{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_ssh_host'] }}'{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}], disc}
     }