diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/bm-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/underlay.hot b/tcp_tests/templates/bm-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/underlay.hot
index 9dc313a..0d37b6f 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/bm-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/underlay.hot
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/bm-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/underlay.hot
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
   salt_master_control_ip:
     type: string
     default: 10.167.11.5
+  deploy_empty_node:
+    type: boolean
+    default: False
+
 
 resources:
   subnets: