diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2461-ovirt4-fix-configparser.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2461-ovirt4-fix-configparser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e3845b21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2461-ovirt4-fix-configparser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - ovir4 inventory script - improve configparser creation to avoid crashes for options without values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/674).
diff --git a/scripts/inventory/ovirt4.py b/scripts/inventory/ovirt4.py
index afff18dbdb..84b68a1258 100755
--- a/scripts/inventory/ovirt4.py
+++ b/scripts/inventory/ovirt4.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import sys
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import configparser
+from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 
 import json
 
@@ -106,14 +107,24 @@ def create_connection():
     config_path = os.environ.get('OVIRT_INI_PATH', default_path)
 
     # Create parser and add ovirt section if it doesn't exist:
-    config = configparser.SafeConfigParser(
-        defaults={
-            'ovirt_url': os.environ.get('OVIRT_URL'),
-            'ovirt_username': os.environ.get('OVIRT_USERNAME'),
-            'ovirt_password': os.environ.get('OVIRT_PASSWORD'),
-            'ovirt_ca_file': os.environ.get('OVIRT_CAFILE', ''),
-        }
-    )
+    if PY2:
+        config = configparser.SafeConfigParser(
+            defaults={
+                'ovirt_url': os.environ.get('OVIRT_URL'),
+                'ovirt_username': os.environ.get('OVIRT_USERNAME'),
+                'ovirt_password': os.environ.get('OVIRT_PASSWORD'),
+                'ovirt_ca_file': os.environ.get('OVIRT_CAFILE', ''),
+            }, allow_no_value=True
+        )
+    else:
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser(
+            defaults={
+                'ovirt_url': os.environ.get('OVIRT_URL'),
+                'ovirt_username': os.environ.get('OVIRT_USERNAME'),
+                'ovirt_password': os.environ.get('OVIRT_PASSWORD'),
+                'ovirt_ca_file': os.environ.get('OVIRT_CAFILE', ''),
+            }, allow_no_value=True
+        )
     if not config.has_section('ovirt'):
         config.add_section('ovirt')
     config.read(config_path)