diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/cloud-launcher.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/cloud-launcher.yaml
index f7fceca490..aa12981c76 100644
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/cloud-launcher.yaml
+++ b/inventory/service/group_vars/cloud-launcher.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 ansible_roles:
   - cloud-launcher
+
+# This is the Ansible / openstacksdk venv setup on the bastion host.
+# The roles from above are setup in /etc globally, but when running on
+# the remote host they require opentacksdk access.  This means it is
+# assumed that a cloud launcher is the pre-configured bastion host;
+# which is true.
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/ansible-venv/bin/python3'