diff --git a/roles/_common/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/_common/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 7642a47c6..fd2fa3e80 100644
--- a/roles/_common/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/_common/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ argument_specs:
                   {{ ('python-apt' if ansible_python_version is version('3', '<') else 'python3-apt') }}
                   {% else %}\
                   {% endif %}"
+      _common_web_listen_address:
+        description: "Address on which to listen"
+        default: ""
   selinux:
     short_description: "Internal only - common selinux configuration tasks"
     description: "Internal only - selinux requirements"
diff --git a/roles/_common/tasks/preflight.yml b/roles/_common/tasks/preflight.yml
index 4a8006e58..6ea26f62a 100644
--- a/roles/_common/tasks/preflight.yml
+++ b/roles/_common/tasks/preflight.yml
@@ -74,3 +74,14 @@
     - "{{ ansible_parent_role_names | first | regex_replace(ansible_collection_name ~ '.', '') }}_configure"
     - install
     - "{{ ansible_parent_role_names | first | regex_replace(ansible_collection_name ~ '.', '') }}_install"
+
+- name: Naive assertion of proper listen address
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - >-
+        [_common_web_listen_address] |
+          flatten |
+          reject('match', '.+:\\d+$') |
+          list |
+          length == 0
+  when: (_common_web_listen_address)
diff --git a/roles/_common/vars/main.yml b/roles/_common/vars/main.yml
index dbda12bc2..8d8beb8b8 100644
--- a/roles/_common/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/_common/vars/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ _common_binary_unarchive_opts: ""
 _common_tls_server_config: {}
 _common_http_server_config: {}
 _common_basic_auth_users: {}
+_common_web_listen_address: ""
 # Variables that should not be overwritten
 __common_binary_basename: "{{ _common_binary_url | urlsplit('path') | basename }}"
 __common_github_api_headers: "{{ {'GITHUB_TOKEN': lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'GITHUB_TOKEN')} if (lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'GITHUB_TOKEN')) else {} }}"
diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/tasks/preflight.yml b/roles/alertmanager/tasks/preflight.yml
index ea6f2a33a..f4b88d321 100644
--- a/roles/alertmanager/tasks/preflight.yml
+++ b/roles/alertmanager/tasks/preflight.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_role:
     name: prometheus.prometheus._common
     tasks_from: preflight.yml
+  vars:
+    _common_web_listen_address: "{{ alertmanager_web_listen_address }}"
 
 - name: Assert that used version supports listen address type
   ansible.builtin.assert:
@@ -15,16 +17,6 @@
           alertmanager_web_listen_address | type_debug == "list"
         )
 
-- name: Naive assertion of proper listen address
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - >-
-        [alertmanager_web_listen_address] |
-          flatten |
-          reject('match', '.+:\\d+$') |
-          list |
-          length == 0
-
 - name: Discover latest version
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     alertmanager_version: "{{ (lookup('url', 'https://api.github.com/repos/{{ _alertmanager_repo }}/releases/latest', headers=_github_api_headers,
diff --git a/roles/bind_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml b/roles/bind_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
index 82ff04faf..e777f5db4 100644
--- a/roles/bind_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
+++ b/roles/bind_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
@@ -3,16 +3,8 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_role:
     name: prometheus.prometheus._common
     tasks_from: preflight.yml
-
-- name: Naive assertion of proper listen address
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - >-
-        [bind_exporter_web_listen_address] |
-          flatten |
-          reject('match', '.+:\\d+$') |
-          list |
-          length == 0
+  vars:
+    _common_web_listen_address: "{{ bind_exporter_web_listen_address }}"
 
 - name: Assert that TLS config is correct
   when: bind_exporter_tls_server_config | length > 0
diff --git a/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml b/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
index 7f8c98e8b..a4816112c 100644
--- a/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
+++ b/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     tasks_from: preflight.yml
   vars:
     _common_dependencies: "{{ _blackbox_exporter_dependencies }}"
+    _common_web_listen_address: "{{ blackbox_exporter_web_listen_address }}"
 
 - name: Assert that used version supports listen address type
   ansible.builtin.assert:
@@ -17,16 +18,6 @@
           blackbox_exporter_web_listen_address | type_debug == "list"
         )
 
-- name: Naive assertion of proper listen address
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - >-
-        [blackbox_exporter_web_listen_address] |
-          flatten |
-          reject('match', '.+:\\d+$') |
-          list |
-          length == 0
-
 - name: Discover latest version
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     blackbox_exporter_version: "{{ (lookup('url', 'https://api.github.com/repos/{{ _blackbox_exporter_repo }}/releases/latest', headers=_github_api_headers,