diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index f439cd3c..b33cb73b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ ironic_deploy_image_list:
    disk_format: 'ari'
    name: "{{ ironic_deploy_image_initramfs_name }}"
 
+#allow user defined extra images to upload
+ironic_extra_deploy_image_list: []
+
 # Ironic inspector
 ironic_inspector_enable_discovery: True
 ironic_inspector_openstack_db_connection_string: "mysql+pymysql://{{ ironic_inspector_galera_user }}:{{ ironic_inspector_container_mysql_password }}@{{ ironic_inspector_galera_address }}:{{ ironic_inspector_galera_port }}/{{ ironic_inspector_galera_database }}?charset=utf8{% if ironic_inspector_galera_use_ssl | bool %}&ssl_verify_cert=true{% if ironic_inspector_galera_ssl_ca_cert | length > 0 %}&ssl_ca={{ ironic_inspector_galera_ssl_ca_cert }}{% endif %}{% endif %}"
diff --git a/tasks/ironic_deploy_image.yml b/tasks/ironic_deploy_image.yml
index 62c6acff..ed6b0e87 100644
--- a/tasks/ironic_deploy_image.yml
+++ b/tasks/ironic_deploy_image.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
       retries: 10
       delay: 10
       register: ironic_download_results
-      with_items:
-        - "{{ ironic_deploy_image_list }}"
+      with_items: "{{ ironic_deploy_image_list + ironic_extra_deploy_image_list }}"
 
     - name: Upload images
       openstack.cloud.image:
@@ -49,5 +48,4 @@
         container_format: "{{ item.item.container_format }}"
         disk_format: "{{ item.item.disk_format }}"
         filename: "{{ item.dest }}"
-      with_items:
-        - "{{ ironic_download_results.results }}"
+      with_items: "{{ ironic_download_results.results }}"