diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index e8ae6401..30cab296 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ cinder_ceilometer_enabled: "{{ (groups['ceilometer_all'] is defined) and (groups
 # Time period for which to generate volume usages. The options are hour, day,
 # month, or year. (string value)
 cinder_volume_usage_audit: hour
+cinder_volume_usage_audit_send_actions_enabled: True
 
 cinder_storage_availability_zone: nova
 cinder_default_availability_zone: "{{ cinder_storage_availability_zone }}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/optional_cinder_audit_send_actions-76bf53ee0df68383.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/optional_cinder_audit_send_actions-76bf53ee0df68383.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33978668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/optional_cinder_audit_send_actions-76bf53ee0df68383.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Introduced new variable ``cinder_volume_usage_audit_send_actions_enabled``
+    to allow the deployer to disable the send actions option in
+    cinder-volume-usage-audit service unit. To have lowest possible 
+    footprint, the default value would be true to not change the behaviour 
+    of the cinder-volume-usage-audit in existing deployments.
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 94adcd99..700f8226 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     systemd_services:
       - service_name: "cinder-volume-usage-audit"
         execstarts:
-          - '/bin/bash -c "{{ cinder_bin }}/cinder-volume-usage-audit --start_time \"$$(date\s+%%Y-%%m-%%d\\\s%%H:00:00\s-d\s-1{{ cinder_volume_usage_audit }})\" --end_time \"$$(date\s+%%Y-%%m-%%d\\\s%%H:00:00)\" --send_actions"'
+          - '/bin/bash -c "{{ cinder_bin }}/cinder-volume-usage-audit --start_time \"$$(date\s+%%Y-%%m-%%d\\\s%%H:00:00\s-d\s-1{{ cinder_volume_usage_audit }})\" --end_time \"$$(date\s+%%Y-%%m-%%d\\\s%%H:00:00)\" {{ (cinder_volume_usage_audit_send_actions_enabled | bool) | ternary( "--send_actions", "--nosend_actions" ) }}"'
         timer:
           state: "{{ ((cinder_services['cinder-volume']['group'] in group_names) and (cinder_ceilometer_enabled | bool)) | ternary('started', 'stopped') }}"
           options: