diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/yaml/constructor.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/yaml/constructor.py
index f5ca7e0fe4..4416757320 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/yaml/constructor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/yaml/constructor.py
@@ -159,3 +159,4 @@ AnsibleConstructor.add_constructor(
 AnsibleConstructor.add_constructor(
     u'!vault',
     AnsibleConstructor.construct_vault_encrypted_unicode)
+AnsibleConstructor.add_constructor( u'!vault-encrypted', AnsibleConstructor.construct_vault_encrypted_unicode)