diff --git a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
index 7f8a1692ed..fc8d29162f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
@@ -291,8 +291,11 @@ class PlaybookRunnerCallbacks(DefaultRunnerCallbacks):
         else:
             print >>sys.stderr, "err: [%s] => %s" % (host, err)
 
-    def on_skipped(self, host):
+    def on_skipped(self, host, item=None):
 
+	if item:
+            print "skipping: [%s] => (item=%s)" % (host, item)
+        else:
             print "skipping: [%s]" % host
 
     def on_no_hosts(self):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index 30583a8750..073d273f33 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import base64
 import getpass
 import codecs
 import collections
+import re
 
 import ansible.constants as C 
 import ansible.inventory
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ class Runner(object):
         conditional = utils.template(self.conditional, inject)
         if not eval(conditional):
             result = utils.jsonify(dict(skipped=True))
-            self.callbacks.on_skipped(host)
+            self.callbacks.on_skipped(host, inject.get('item',None))
             return ReturnData(host=host, result=result)
 
         conn = None