diff --git a/build/ansible b/build/ansible
index 941348992017..0ee1fe8fbbd5 160000
--- a/build/ansible
+++ b/build/ansible
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 94134899201737f2ad596aed290ae02c630d7496
+Subproject commit 0ee1fe8fbbd52d3e83c7951b71513b357d08eb65
diff --git a/products/runtimeconfig/ansible.yaml b/products/runtimeconfig/ansible.yaml
index 3f7be9489c73..41999518ad3f 100644
--- a/products/runtimeconfig/ansible.yaml
+++ b/products/runtimeconfig/ansible.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ datasources: !ruby/object:Overrides::ResourceOverrides
     facts: !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::FactsOverride
       has_filters: false
   Variable: !ruby/object:Overrides::Ansible::ResourceOverride
-    exclude: true
+    facts: !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::FactsOverride
+      has_filters: false
 overrides: !ruby/object:Overrides::ResourceOverrides
   Variable: !ruby/object:Overrides::Ansible::ResourceOverride
-    exclude: true
+    provider_helpers:
+      - 'products/runtimeconfig/helpers/ansible/variable_delete_config.py'
+    transport: !ruby/object:Overrides::Ansible::Transport
+      encoder: encode_request
 files: !ruby/object:Provider::Config::Files
   resource:
 <%= lines(indent(compile('provider/ansible/resource~compile.yaml'), 4)) -%>
diff --git a/products/runtimeconfig/ansible_version_added.yaml b/products/runtimeconfig/ansible_version_added.yaml
index 6232f3fb58a6..9bd8de31b8d8 100644
--- a/products/runtimeconfig/ansible_version_added.yaml
+++ b/products/runtimeconfig/ansible_version_added.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 :facts:
   :Config:
     :version_added: '2.10'
+  :Variable:
+    :version_added: '2.10'
 :regular:
   :Config:
     :version_added: '2.10'
@@ -9,3 +11,13 @@
       :version_added: '2.10'
     :name:
       :version_added: '2.10'
+  :Variable:
+    :version_added: '2.10'
+    :value:
+      :version_added: '2.10'
+    :text:
+      :version_added: '2.10'
+    :name:
+      :version_added: '2.10'
+    :config:
+      :version_added: '2.10'
diff --git a/products/runtimeconfig/api.yaml b/products/runtimeconfig/api.yaml
index 44c0e50c3944..0f8d2ffd8965 100644
--- a/products/runtimeconfig/api.yaml
+++ b/products/runtimeconfig/api.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ objects:
           The name of the variable resource.
         required: true
         input: true
+        pattern: projects/{{project}}/configs/{{config}}/variables/{{name}}
       - !ruby/object:Api::Type::String
         name: 'config'
         description: |
diff --git a/products/runtimeconfig/examples/ansible/variable.yaml b/products/runtimeconfig/examples/ansible/variable.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f496bed8e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/runtimeconfig/examples/ansible/variable.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+--- !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Example
+task: !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Task
+  name: gcp_runtimeconfig_variable
+  code:
+    name: prod-variables/hostname
+    config: 'my-config'
+    text: example.com
+    project: <%= ctx[:project] %>
+    auth_kind: <%= ctx[:auth_kind] %>
+    service_account_file: <%= ctx[:service_account_file] %>
+dependencies:
+  - !ruby/object:Provider::Ansible::Task
+    name: gcp_runtimeconfig_config
+    code:
+      name: 'my-config'
+      description: 'My config'
+      project: <%= ctx[:project] %>
+      auth_kind: <%= ctx[:auth_kind] %>
+      service_account_file: <%= ctx[:service_account_file] %>
+    register: config
diff --git a/products/runtimeconfig/helpers/ansible/variable_delete_config.py b/products/runtimeconfig/helpers/ansible/variable_delete_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3013c2e63498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/runtimeconfig/helpers/ansible/variable_delete_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# `config` is a useful parameter for declarative syntax, but
+# is not a part of the GCP API
+def encode_request(request, module):
+    if 'config' in request:
+        del request['config']
+    return request