diff --git a/changelog/fragments/ansible-graceful-shutdown-timeout.yaml b/changelog/fragments/ansible-graceful-shutdown-timeout.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2f1679da61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/ansible-graceful-shutdown-timeout.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      For Ansible-based operators, allow passing a --graceful-shutdown-timeout to configure the duration the manager should wait before stopping.
+    kind: "addition"
+    breaking: false
diff --git a/internal/ansible/flags/flag.go b/internal/ansible/flags/flag.go
index 3fb6cd644e2..53ed8872750 100644
--- a/internal/ansible/flags/flag.go
+++ b/internal/ansible/flags/flag.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	ProbeAddr               string
 	LeaderElectionID        string
 	LeaderElectionNamespace string
+	GracefulShutdownTimeout time.Duration
 	AnsibleArgs             string
 }
 
@@ -109,6 +110,12 @@ func (f *Flags) AddTo(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 			" holding the leader lock (required if running locally with leader"+
 			" election enabled).",
 	)
+	flagSet.DurationVar(&f.GracefulShutdownTimeout,
+		"graceful-shutdown-timeout",
+		30*time.Second,
+		"The amount of time that will be spent waiting"+
+			" for runners to gracefully exit.",
+	)
 	flagSet.StringVar(&f.AnsibleArgs,
 		"ansible-args",
 		"",
diff --git a/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/run/cmd.go b/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/run/cmd.go
index 257361a662a..19724baca6f 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/run/cmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/run/cmd.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, f *flags.Flags) {
 		LeaderElectionResourceLock: resourcelock.ConfigMapsResourceLock,
 		LeaderElectionNamespace:    f.LeaderElectionNamespace,
 		ClientBuilder:              clientbuilder.NewUnstructedCached(),
+		GracefulShutdownTimeout:    &f.GracefulShutdownTimeout,
 	}
 
 	namespace, found := os.LookupEnv(k8sutil.WatchNamespaceEnvVar)