diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/script.py b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/script.py
index fc69a89e9e..f1c2babea6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/script.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ notes:
 author:
     - Ansible Core Team
     - Michael DeHaan
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - decrypt
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
index 3ff02d2c39..a36529d97b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ options:
 author: "Stephen Fromm (@sfromm)"
 extends_documentation_fragment:
     - files
+    - decrypt
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/copy.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/copy.py
index b9f9248468..7ae519b230 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/copy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/copy.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ options:
 extends_documentation_fragment:
     - files
     - validate
+    - decrypt
 author:
     - "Ansible Core Team"
     - "Michael DeHaan"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
index a573a5b76f..c44a3d8284 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 module: unarchive
 version_added: 1.4
 short_description: Unpacks an archive after (optionally) copying it from the local machine.
-extends_documentation_fragment: files
+extends_documentation_fragment: [files, decrypt]
 description:
      - The C(unarchive) module unpacks an archive. By default, it will copy the source file from the local system to the target before unpacking.
        Set remote_src=yes to unpack an archive which already exists on the target.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
index 9022de381a..db94c47449 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class DataLoader:
             f.close()
         return content_tempfile
 
-    def get_real_file(self, file_path):
+    def get_real_file(self, file_path, decrypt=True):
         """
         If the file is vault encrypted return a path to a temporary decrypted file
         If the file is not encrypted then the path is returned
@@ -392,22 +392,23 @@ class DataLoader:
         real_path = self.path_dwim(file_path)
 
         try:
-            with open(to_bytes(real_path), 'rb') as f:
-                # Limit how much of the file is read since we do not know
-                # whether this is a vault file and therefore it could be very
-                # large.
-                if is_encrypted_file(f, count=len(b_HEADER)):
-                    # if the file is encrypted and no password was specified,
-                    # the decrypt call would throw an error, but we check first
-                    # since the decrypt function doesn't know the file name
-                    data = f.read()
-                    if not self._b_vault_password:
-                        raise AnsibleParserError("A vault password must be specified to decrypt %s" % file_path)
+            if decrypt:
+                with open(to_bytes(real_path), 'rb') as f:
+                    # Limit how much of the file is read since we do not know
+                    # whether this is a vault file and therefore it could be very
+                    # large.
+                    if is_encrypted_file(f, count=len(b_HEADER)):
+                        # if the file is encrypted and no password was specified,
+                        # the decrypt call would throw an error, but we check first
+                        # since the decrypt function doesn't know the file name
+                        data = f.read()
+                        if not self._b_vault_password:
+                            raise AnsibleParserError("A vault password must be specified to decrypt %s" % file_path)
 
-                    data = self._vault.decrypt(data, filename=real_path)
-                    # Make a temp file
-                    real_path = self._create_content_tempfile(data)
-                    self._tempfiles.add(real_path)
+                        data = self._vault.decrypt(data, filename=real_path)
+                        # Make a temp file
+                        real_path = self._create_content_tempfile(data)
+                        self._tempfiles.add(real_path)
 
             return real_path
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py
index 1121bb937f..de22b06a18 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
     TRANSFERS_FILES = True
 
-    def _assemble_from_fragments(self, src_path, delimiter=None, compiled_regexp=None, ignore_hidden=False):
+    def _assemble_from_fragments(self, src_path, delimiter=None, compiled_regexp=None, ignore_hidden=False, decrypt=True):
         ''' assemble a file from a directory of fragments '''
 
         tmpfd, temp_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             if not os.path.isfile(fragment) or (ignore_hidden and os.path.basename(fragment).startswith('.')):
                 continue
 
-            fragment_content = open(self._loader.get_real_file(fragment), 'rb').read()
+            fragment_content = open(self._loader.get_real_file(fragment, decrypt=decrypt), 'rb').read()
 
             # always put a newline between fragments if the previous fragment didn't end with a newline.
             if add_newline:
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         regexp     = self._task.args.get('regexp', None)
         follow     = self._task.args.get('follow', False)
         ignore_hidden = self._task.args.get('ignore_hidden', False)
+        decrypt    = self._task.args.get('decrypt', True)
 
         if src is None or dest is None:
             result['failed'] = True
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             _re = re.compile(regexp)
 
         # Does all work assembling the file
-        path = self._assemble_from_fragments(src, delimiter, _re, ignore_hidden)
+        path = self._assemble_from_fragments(src, delimiter, _re, ignore_hidden, decrypt)
 
         path_checksum = checksum_s(path)
         dest = self._remote_expand_user(dest)
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         new_module_args = self._task.args.copy()
 
         # clean assemble specific options
-        for opt in ['remote_src', 'regexp', 'delimiter', 'ignore_hidden']:
+        for opt in ['remote_src', 'regexp', 'delimiter', 'ignore_hidden', 'decrypt']:
             if opt in new_module_args:
                 del new_module_args[opt]
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
index 3395ec39f8..de9d512f46 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         force   = boolean(self._task.args.get('force', 'yes'))
         remote_src = boolean(self._task.args.get('remote_src', False))
         follow  = boolean(self._task.args.get('follow', False))
+        decrypt = boolean(self._task.args.get('decrypt', True))
 
         result['failed'] = True
         if (source is None and content is None) or dest is None:
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
             # If the local file does not exist, get_real_file() raises AnsibleFileNotFound
             try:
-                source_full = self._loader.get_real_file(source_full)
+                source_full = self._loader.get_real_file(source_full, decrypt=decrypt)
             except AnsibleFileNotFound as e:
                 result['failed'] = True
                 result['msg'] = "could not find src=%s, %s" % (source_full, e)
@@ -255,8 +256,11 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                         original_basename=source_rel,
                     )
                 )
-                if 'content' in new_module_args:
-                    del new_module_args['content']
+
+                # remove action plugin only keys
+                for key in ('content', 'decrypt'):
+                    if key in new_module_args:
+                        del new_module_args[key]
 
                 module_return = self._execute_module(module_name='copy',
                         module_args=new_module_args, task_vars=task_vars,
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
index 32960d4ca8..d0f358a54b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         args   = ' '.join(parts[1:])
 
         try:
-            source = self._loader.get_real_file(self._find_needle('files', source))
+            source = self._loader.get_real_file(self._find_needle('files', source), decrypt=self._task.args.get('decrypt', True))
         except AnsibleError as e:
             return dict(failed=True, msg=to_native(e))
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py
index 001f63cc56..17b9393798 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         dest    = self._task.args.get('dest', None)
         remote_src = boolean(self._task.args.get('remote_src', False))
         creates = self._task.args.get('creates', None)
+        decrypt = self._task.args.get('decrypt', True)
 
         # "copy" is deprecated in favor of "remote_src".
         if 'copy' in self._task.args:
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         if not remote_src:
             try:
-                source = self._loader.get_real_file(self._find_needle('files', source))
+                source = self._loader.get_real_file(self._find_needle('files', source), decrypt=decrypt)
             except AnsibleError:
                 result['failed'] = True
                 result['msg'] = to_native(get_exception())
@@ -126,6 +127,11 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 ),
             )
 
+        # remove action plugin only key
+        for key in ('remote_src', 'decrypt'):
+            if key in new_module_args:
+                del new_module_args[key]
+
         # execute the unarchive module now, with the updated args
         result.update(self._execute_module(module_args=new_module_args, task_vars=task_vars))
         self._remove_tmp_path(tmp)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/decrypt.py b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/decrypt.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cacec76794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/decrypt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# (c) 2017, Brian Coca <bcoca@redhat.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+class ModuleDocFragment(object):
+
+    # Standard files documentation fragment
+    DOCUMENTATION = """
+options:
+  decrypt:
+    description:
+      - This option controls the autodecryption of source files using vault.
+    required: false
+    choices: ['Yes', 'No']
+    default: 'Yes'
+    version_added: "2.4"
+"""