diff --git a/roles/detect_archiso/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/detect_archiso/tasks/main.yaml
index f53dc65..fa38a9a 100644
--- a/roles/detect_archiso/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/detect_archiso/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@
 - name: inspect archinstall result
   set_fact:
     archiso_detected: "{{ which_archinstall.rc == 0 }}"
+
+- name: load alternate host vars
+  include_vars:
+    file: "../../../inventory/host_vars/{{ hostname }}.yaml"
+  when: archiso_detected and hostname is defined