diff --git a/roles/cluster_upgrade/README.md b/roles/cluster_upgrade/README.md
index 8a17c050..f7c25de6 100644
--- a/roles/cluster_upgrade/README.md
+++ b/roles/cluster_upgrade/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Role Variables
 | healing_in_progress_checks            | 6                     | Maximum number of attempts to check if gluster healing is still in progress. |
 | healing_in_progress_check_delay              | 300                   | The delay in seconds between each attempt to check if gluster healing is still in progress.    |
 | wait_to_finish_healing  | 5                     | Delay in minutes to wait to finish gluster healing process after successful host upgrade.             |
+| wait_before_next_upgrade| 5                     | Delay in minutes to wait for the currrent patched host to get to a good state, before continuing with the next    |
 | engine_correlation_id  | UNDEF                  | The correlation id with which be the role run.             |
 
 Example Playbook
diff --git a/roles/cluster_upgrade/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cluster_upgrade/defaults/main.yml
index 25c50b80..d7892b46 100644
--- a/roles/cluster_upgrade/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cluster_upgrade/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ pinned_vms_names: []
 healing_in_progress_checks: 6
 healing_in_progress_check_delay: 300
 wait_to_finish_healing: 5
+wait_before_next_upgrade: 5
diff --git a/roles/cluster_upgrade/tasks/upgrade.yml b/roles/cluster_upgrade/tasks/upgrade.yml
index aaa2c13f..32dde9a6 100644
--- a/roles/cluster_upgrade/tasks/upgrade.yml
+++ b/roles/cluster_upgrade/tasks/upgrade.yml
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@
       - cluster_info.ovirt_clusters[0].gluster_service | bool
       - host_info.ovirt_hosts | length > 1
 
+  - name: Delay in minutes to wait to upgraded host getting good state
+    pause:
+      minutes: "{{ wait_before_next_upgrade }}"
+    when:
+      - host_info.ovirt_hosts | length > 1
+
   - name: progress - host upgrade complete (host 100% complete)
     include_tasks: log_progress.yml
     vars: