diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 00eb894e..3d782d7b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ node_exporter_enabled_collectors:
 #      ignored-fs-types: "^(sys|proc|auto)fs$"
 
 node_exporter_disabled_collectors: []
+
+node_exporter_delegation: localhost
diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/install.yml
index c4294b0a..7ac205c3 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tasks/install.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   until: _download_binary is succeeded
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  delegate_to: localhost
+  delegate_to: "{{ node_exporter_delegation | default(inventory_hostname) }}"
   check_mode: false
 
 - name: Unpack node_exporter binary
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     src: "/tmp/node_exporter-{{ node_exporter_version }}.linux-{{ go_arch }}.tar.gz"
     dest: "/tmp"
     creates: "/tmp/node_exporter-{{ node_exporter_version }}.linux-{{ go_arch }}/node_exporter"
-  delegate_to: localhost
+  delegate_to: "{{ node_exporter_delegation | default(inventory_hostname) }}"
   check_mode: false
 
 - name: Create /usr/local/bin