diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 4a43ae8..e2a80e2 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ argument_specs:
         type: "dict"
         elem: "dict"
         required: true
+      services_deploy_lrproxy_ignore_unreachable_rproxy:
+        type: "bool"
+        required: true
       services_host_services:
         lrproxy:
           rproxy_host:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml
index 7ee46c3..2f685b3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/services/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
           register: services_deploy_lrproxy_keypair
 
         - name: "configure public key on {{ services_host_services.lrproxy.rproxy_host }}"
+          ignore_unreachable: "{{ services_deploy_lrproxy_ignore_unreachable_rproxy }}"
           delegate_to: "{{ services_host_services.lrproxy.rproxy_host }}"
           become_user: "{{ services_host_services.lrproxy.rproxy_user }}"
           ansible.posix.authorized_key:
diff --git a/playbooks/services.yml b/playbooks/services.yml
index 8c9f4f0..93c6787 100644
--- a/playbooks/services.yml
+++ b/playbooks/services.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
             - "services:deploy"
             - "services:deploy:{{ services_service_name }}"
             - "services:{{ services_service_name }}:deploy"
+      vars:
+        services_deploy_lrproxy_ignore_unreachable_rproxy: "\
+          {{ not (the_nine_worlds_production | bool) }}"
       loop: "{{ services_host_services | dict2items | map(attribute='key') }}"
       loop_control:
         loop_var: "services_service_name"