diff --git a/openappstack/cluster.py b/openappstack/cluster.py
index 51cf07f4f49b1fbd28d0bfae6677acd08cc9f4a6..a3927bd8743b01527ccdd53e3db227075569c879 100644
--- a/openappstack/cluster.py
+++ b/openappstack/cluster.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class Cluster:
         self.domain = None
         # By default, use Let's Encrypt's live environment
         self.acme_staging = False
+        # Let the auto-update mechanism (flux) follow a cluster-local git repo,
+        # not one hosted on open.greenhost.net.
+        self.local_flux = True
         # Set this to False if the data needs to be (re)loaded from file
         self.data_loaded = False
         # Load data from inventory.yml and settings.yml
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ class Cluster:
         settings['domain'] = self.domain
         settings['admin_email'] = 'admin@{0}'.format(self.domain)
         settings['acme_staging'] = self.acme_staging
+        settings['local_flux'] = self.local_flux
         settings['cluster_dir'] = self.cluster_dir
 
         file_contents = yaml.safe_dump(settings, default_flow_style=False)