diff --git a/runrole b/runrole
index 4d060c719..6d076b1be 100755
--- a/runrole
+++ b/runrole
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 INVENTORY="ansible_hosts"
 PLAYBOOK="run-one-role.yml"
-#PLAYBOOK="iiab-stages.yml"
+ARGS=""
 CWD=`pwd`
+
 if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
    export ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH="$2"
 else
@@ -22,10 +23,14 @@ if [ ! -f /etc/iiab/config_vars.yml ]; then
     echo "{}" > /etc/iiab/config_vars.yml
 fi
 
+if [ "$2" == "--reinstall" ]; then
+    ARGS="$ARGS --extra-vars reinstall=True"
+fi
+
 if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
     echo " usage: ./runrole <name of role>"
     echo " Can only take a single value."
     exit 0
 fi
 
-ansible-playbook -i $INVENTORY $PLAYBOOK --connection=local -e "role_to_run=$1"
+ansible-playbook -i $INVENTORY $PLAYBOOK ${ARGS} --connection=local -e "role_to_run=$1"