diff --git a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
index 5f6e6cc..b09c639 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@
         description: Exclude tungsten tests by default
         name: TEMPEST_PATTERN
         trim: 'false'
+    - bool:
+        default: false
+        description: Whether to perform dist-upgrade on virtual nodes during deployment
+        name: DIST_UPGRADE_NODES
     pipeline-scm:
       lightweight-checkout: false
       scm: