diff --git a/ansible/cloud_providers/equinix_metal_infrastructure_deployment.yml b/ansible/cloud_providers/equinix_metal_infrastructure_deployment.yml
index f439a39b7ca..e6fe971a864 100644
--- a/ansible/cloud_providers/equinix_metal_infrastructure_deployment.yml
+++ b/ansible/cloud_providers/equinix_metal_infrastructure_deployment.yml
@@ -82,5 +82,11 @@
           -F {{output_dir}}/{{ env_type }}_{{ guid }}_ssh_conf
 
     - name: Run infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts Role
-      import_role:
+      include_role:
         name: infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts
+      vars:
+        infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_delay: 30
+        infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_sleep: 10
+        infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_connect_timeout: 20
+        infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_timeout: 1200
+        infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_retries: 10
diff --git a/ansible/roles-infra/infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts/defaults/main.yaml b/ansible/roles-infra/infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..984a02eb128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles-infra/infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_delay: 30
+infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_sleep: 1
+infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_connect_timeout: 10
+infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_timeout: 300
+infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_retries: 3
diff --git a/ansible/roles-infra/infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles-infra/infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts/tasks/main.yml
index c1b1be8510b..b5ec2439e22 100644
--- a/ansible/roles-infra/infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles-infra/infra-generic-wait_for_linux_hosts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 ---
 - name: wait for linux host to be available
   wait_for_connection:
-    delay: 30
-    timeout: 300
-    connect_timeout: 10
+    delay: "{{ infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_delay }}"
+    sleep: "{{ infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_sleep }}"
+    timeout: "{{ infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_timeout }}"
+    connect_timeout: "{{ infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_connect_timeout }}"
   register: rwait
   ignore_errors: true
 
 - ping:
   register: rping
-  retries: 3
-  delay: 10
+  retries: "{{ infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ infra_generic_wait_for_linux_hosts_delay }}"
   until: rping is succeeded
   tags: must