diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 404c853..5ba5bda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see `defaults/m
 Some default locations for Munin-generated files, configurations, logs, etc.
 
     munin_html_strategy: cron
+    munin_cgi_strategy: cron
     munin_max_processes: 12
 
 See the official Munin documentation for [munin.conf](http://munin.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference/munin.conf.html) for more information on these and other optional directives.
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 379b826..34b8880 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ munin_rundir: /var/run/munin
 munin_includedir: /etc/munin/conf.d
 
 munin_html_strategy: cron
+munin_cgi_strategy: cron
 munin_cron_job: present
 
 munin_max_processes: 12
diff --git a/templates/munin.conf.j2 b/templates/munin.conf.j2
index 9327f92..1610d87 100644
--- a/templates/munin.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/munin.conf.j2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ includedir {{ munin_includedir }}
 # documentation.
 # Since 2.0, munin-graph has been rewritten to use the cgi code.
 # It is single threaded *by design* now.
-graph_strategy cron
+graph_strategy {{ munin_cgi_strategy }}
 
 # munin-cgi-graph is invoked by the web server up to very many times at the
 # same time.  This is not optimal since it results in high CPU and memory