diff --git a/executor.go b/executor.go
index f5d84a5..3fa6ad7 100644
--- a/executor.go
+++ b/executor.go
@@ -234,6 +234,20 @@ func (e *Executor) runTaskOnHosts(ctx context.Context, hosts []string, task *Tas
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// run_once executes the task against a single host, then shares any
+	// registered result with the rest of the host set.
+	if task.RunOnce && len(hosts) > 0 {
+		single := *task
+		single.RunOnce = false
+
+		if err := e.runTaskOnHosts(ctx, hosts[:1], &single, play); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		e.copyRegisteredResultToHosts(hosts, hosts[0], task.Register)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Handle block tasks
 	if len(task.Block) > 0 {
 		return e.runBlock(ctx, hosts, task, play)
@@ -258,6 +272,45 @@ func (e *Executor) runTaskOnHosts(ctx context.Context, hosts []string, task *Tas
 	return nil
 }
 
+// copyRegisteredResultToHosts shares a registered task result from one host to
+// the rest of the current host set.
+func (e *Executor) copyRegisteredResultToHosts(hosts []string, sourceHost, register string) {
+	if register == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	sourceResults := e.results[sourceHost]
+	if sourceResults == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	result, ok := sourceResults[register]
+	if !ok || result == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, host := range hosts {
+		if host == sourceHost {
+			continue
+		}
+		if e.results[host] == nil {
+			e.results[host] = make(map[string]*TaskResult)
+		}
+
+		clone := *result
+		if result.Results != nil {
+			clone.Results = append([]TaskResult(nil), result.Results...)
+		}
+		if result.Data != nil {
+			clone.Data = make(map[string]any, len(result.Data))
+			for k, v := range result.Data {
+				clone.Data[k] = v
+			}
+		}
+		e.results[host][register] = &clone
+	}
+}
+
 // runTaskOnHost runs a task on a single host.
 func (e *Executor) runTaskOnHost(ctx context.Context, host string, task *Task, play *Play) error {
 	start := time.Now()
diff --git a/executor_test.go b/executor_test.go
index f197d39..94bb4db 100644
--- a/executor_test.go
+++ b/executor_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package ansible
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 // --- NewExecutor ---
@@ -166,6 +168,44 @@ func TestExecutor_HandleNotify_Good_AnyList(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, e.notified["reload config"])
 }
 
+// --- run_once ---
+
+func TestExecutor_RunTaskOnHosts_Good_RunOnceSharesRegisteredResult(t *testing.T) {
+	e := NewExecutor("/tmp")
+	e.SetInventoryDirect(&Inventory{
+		All: &InventoryGroup{
+			Hosts: map[string]*Host{
+				"host1": {},
+				"host2": {},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	var started []string
+	task := &Task{
+		Name:     "Run once debug",
+		Module:   "debug",
+		Args:     map[string]any{"msg": "hello"},
+		Register: "debug_result",
+		RunOnce:  true,
+	}
+
+	e.OnTaskStart = func(host string, _ *Task) {
+		started = append(started, host)
+	}
+
+	err := e.runTaskOnHosts(context.Background(), []string{"host1", "host2"}, task, &Play{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Len(t, started, 1)
+	assert.Len(t, e.results["host1"], 1)
+	assert.Len(t, e.results["host2"], 1)
+	require.NotNil(t, e.results["host1"]["debug_result"])
+	require.NotNil(t, e.results["host2"]["debug_result"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello", e.results["host1"]["debug_result"].Msg)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello", e.results["host2"]["debug_result"].Msg)
+}
+
 // --- normalizeConditions ---
 
 func TestExecutor_NormalizeConditions_Good_String(t *testing.T) {