diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5271f18bd9..7e565cd8c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ### HEAD
+* Dynamically increase `ansible_group_priority` for selected env ([#909](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/909))
 * Bump Ansible `version_tested_max` to 2.4.1.0 ([#911](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/911))
 * Update wp-cli to 1.4.0 ([#906](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/906))
 * [BREAKING] Normalize `apt` tasks ([#881](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/881))
diff --git a/lib/trellis/plugins/callback/vars.py b/lib/trellis/plugins/callback/vars.py
index 42942bdca1..98773de710 100644
--- a/lib/trellis/plugins/callback/vars.py
+++ b/lib/trellis/plugins/callback/vars.py
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ def darwin_without_passlib(self):
             return True
 
     def v2_playbook_on_play_start(self, play):
+        env = play.get_variable_manager().get_vars(play=play).get('env', '')
+        env_group = next((group for key,group in play.get_variable_manager()._inventory.groups.iteritems() if key == env), False)
+        if env_group:
+            env_group.set_priority(20)
+
         for host in play.get_variable_manager()._inventory.list_hosts(play.hosts[0]):
             hostvars = play.get_variable_manager().get_vars(play=play, host=host)
             self.raw_vars(play, host, hostvars)