diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/check.yml b/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/check.yml
index 43665afde1..66692756c7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/check.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/check.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - name: Barbican sanity - storing a secret
   become: true
   shell: >
+    set -o pipefail && \
     docker exec -t barbican_api openstack \
     --os-auth-url={{ openstack_auth.auth_url }} \
     --os-password={{ openstack_auth.password }} \
diff --git a/ansible/roles/qdrouterd/tasks/add_sasl_user.yml b/ansible/roles/qdrouterd/tasks/add_sasl_user.yml
index 7babd54594..da938c29a7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/qdrouterd/tasks/add_sasl_user.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/qdrouterd/tasks/add_sasl_user.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
     - kolla_action != "config"
 
 - name: Create qdrouterd sasl user
-  shell: echo {{ qdrouterd_password }} | docker exec -u root -i qdrouterd saslpasswd2 -c -p -f /var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb -u AMQP {{ qdrouterd_user }}
+  shell: >
+    set -o pipefail && \
+    echo {{ qdrouterd_password }} | \
+    docker exec -u root -i qdrouterd saslpasswd2 -c -p -f /var/lib/qdrouterd/qdrouterd.sasldb -u AMQP {{ qdrouterd_user }}
   run_once: true
   changed_when: true
   when: