diff --git a/ansible/configs/test-empty-config/implementation/example/vars.yml b/ansible/configs/test-empty-config/implementation/example/vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b39af11a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/configs/test-empty-config/implementation/example/vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+agnosticd_passthrough_user_data:
+  used_example_implementation: true
+...
diff --git a/ansible/include_vars.yml b/ansible/include_vars.yml
index 5cbc080f053..07cb0de86a1 100644
--- a/ansible/include_vars.yml
+++ b/ansible/include_vars.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
       - configs/{{ env_type }}/default_vars
       # Default vars of the config, specific to a cloud provider
       - configs/{{ env_type }}/default_vars_{{ cloud_provider }}
+      # Implementation vars of the config
+      - configs/{{ env_type }}/implementation/{{ implementation | default(omit) }}/vars
       # Lecacy secret vars file.
       - configs/{{ env_type }}/env_secret_vars
       __vars_file_extension: