diff --git a/files/apt-phased-updates b/files/apt-phased-updates
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b64115ccf6498936028189ed541b2d08d5613f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/apt-phased-updates
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Update-Manager::Never-Include-Phased-Updates true;
+APT::Get::Never-Include-Phased-Updates true;
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a3228f75f47a1b61c39af8079d9cde544b4d0b68..18357ccd7437117e1d4f756727a6b6908e5fe4ec 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 - name: Set machine hostname
   hostname: name="{{ inventory_hostname_short | lower | regex_replace('_','') }}"
 
+- name: Never include APT phased update
+  copy:
+    src: apt-phased-updates
+    dest:  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-Phased-Updates
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
 - name: Debian Update repo and upgrade installed packages
   apt:
     update_cache: true