diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e977e10..84f6afc4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ endif
 # the command line. I.e. we can set things without having to tweak values files
 EXTRA_HELM_OPTS ?=
 
+# This variable can be set in order to pass additional ansible-playbook arguments from the
+# the command line. I.e. we can set -vvv for more verbose logging
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS ?=
+
 # INDEX_IMAGES=registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394248
 # or
 # INDEX_IMAGES=registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394248,registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394249
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ secrets-backend-none: ## Edits values files to remove secrets manager + ESO
 .PHONY: load-iib
 load-iib: ## CI target to install Index Image Bundles
 	@set -e; if [ x$(INDEX_IMAGES) != x ]; then \
-		ansible-playbook rhvp.cluster_utils.iib_ci; \
+		ansible-playbook $(EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS) rhvp.cluster_utils.iib_ci; \
 	else \
 		echo "No INDEX_IMAGES defined. Bailing out"; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh b/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh
index d9915855..ca0069e2 100755
--- a/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh
+++ b/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ fi
 
 PATTERN_NAME=$(basename "`pwd`")
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" -e override_no_log=false "rhvp.cluster_utils.display_secrets_info"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" -e hide_sensitive_output=false ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.display_secrets_info"
diff --git a/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh b/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh
index 9219f92f..707e51a7 100755
--- a/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh
+++ b/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ PATTERNPATH=$(dirname "${COMMONPATH}")
 
 PATTERN_NAME=${1:-$(basename "`pwd`")}
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.k8s_secrets"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.k8s_secrets"
diff --git a/scripts/process-secrets.sh b/scripts/process-secrets.sh
index 47eff7fa..a0d34f88 100755
--- a/scripts/process-secrets.sh
+++ b/scripts/process-secrets.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ PATTERNPATH=$(dirname "${COMMONPATH}")
 PATTERN_NAME=${1:-$(basename "`pwd`")}
 SECRETS_BACKING_STORE="$($SCRIPTPATH/determine-secretstore-backend.sh)"
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.process_secrets"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.process_secrets"
diff --git a/scripts/vault-utils.sh b/scripts/vault-utils.sh
index b014e5a4..2f766499 100755
--- a/scripts/vault-utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/vault-utils.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ if [ -z ${TASK} ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-ansible-playbook -t "${TASK}" -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.vault"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -t "${TASK}" -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.vault"
diff --git a/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh b/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh
index 7544fac2..e7913e53 100755
--- a/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh
+++ b/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")
 COMMONPATH=$(dirname "${SCRIPTPATH}")
 PATTERNPATH=$(dirname "${COMMONPATH}")
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e kubeconfig_file="${OUTPUTFILE}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.write-token-kubeconfig"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e kubeconfig_file="${OUTPUTFILE}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.write-token-kubeconfig"