diff --git a/templates/system-probe.yaml.j2 b/templates/system-probe.yaml.j2
index deb28ef1..50138b2b 100644
--- a/templates/system-probe.yaml.j2
+++ b/templates/system-probe.yaml.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 
 {% if system_probe_config is defined and system_probe_config|length > 0 -%}
 system_probe_config:
-{% filter indent(width=2, first=True) %}
+{# The "first" option is only supported by jinja 2.10+
+  which is not present on older systems (CentOS 7, Debian 8, etc.)
+  Using the equivalent option "indentfirst" will work with
+  all currently existing jinja 2 versions (as of this comment, up to 2.10).
+  TODO: when future versions of Jinja are released, check that
+  indentfirst is still supported.
+ #}
+{% filter indent(width=2, indentfirst=True) %}
 {{ system_probe_config | to_nice_yaml }}
 {% endfilter %}
 {% endif %}