diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
index 332bfe55c80..7063e9fe808 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ class PlayBook(object):
             ansible.callbacks.set_task(self.runner_callbacks, None)
             return True
 
+        # template ignore_errors
+        cond = template(play.basedir, task.ignore_errors, task.module_vars, expand_lists=False)
+        task.ignore_errors =  utils.check_conditional(cond , play.basedir, task.module_vars, fail_on_undefined=C.DEFAULT_UNDEFINED_VAR_BEHAVIOR)
+
         # load up an appropriate ansible runner to run the task in parallel
         results = self._run_task_internal(task)