diff --git a/roles/gitlab-runner/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitlab-runner/tasks/main.yml
index 5643980..bfdadd0 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab-runner/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitlab-runner/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     body_format: form-urlencoded
     body:
       name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
-      description: "virtual machine on {{ ansible_fqdn }}"
+      description: "{{ ansible_local.gitlab_runner.description }}"
       token: "{{ ansible_local.gitlab_runner.registration_token }}"
       tag_list: "{{ ansible_local.gitlab_runner.tags }}"
     status_code: 201
diff --git a/roles/gitlab-runner/templates/gitlab_runner.fact b/roles/gitlab-runner/templates/gitlab_runner.fact
index ff831c4..d0fcf5b 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab-runner/templates/gitlab_runner.fact
+++ b/roles/gitlab-runner/templates/gitlab_runner.fact
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "runner_token": "{{ runner_token.content | from_json | json_query('token') }}",
   "gitlab_domain": "{{ ansible_local.gitlab_runner.gitlab_domain }}",
   "executor": "{{ ansible_local.gitlab_runner.executor }}",
+  "description": "{{ ansible_local.gitlab_runner.description }}",
   "tags": "{{ ansible_local.gitlab_runner.tags }}"
 }