diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 465bf6e1fe..671e8a1971 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ enable_kibana: "{{ 'yes' if enable_central_logging | bool else 'no' }}"
 # RabbitMQ options
 ####################
 rabbitmq_user: "openstack"
-
+rabbitmq_version: "rabbitmq_server-3.5.7/plugins/rabbitmq_clusterer-3.5.x-189b3a81.ez/rabbitmq_clusterer-3.5.x-189b3a81/ebin"
 
 ####################
 # HAProxy options
diff --git a/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf.j2
index 47ef8fe06c..41add3fa53 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 RABBITMQ_NODENAME=rabbit
+{% if orchestration_engine == 'ANSIBLE' %}
 RABBITMQ_BOOT_MODULE=rabbit_clusterer
+RABBITMQ_SERVER_ADDITIONAL_ERL_ARGS="-pa /usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/{{ rabbitmq_version }}"
+{%- endif %}
 
 RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE=/var/log/kolla/rabbitmq
-RABBITMQ_SERVER_ADDITIONAL_ERL_ARGS="-pa /usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-3.5.7/plugins/rabbitmq_clusterer-3.5.x-189b3a81.ez/rabbitmq_clusterer-3.5.x-189b3a81/ebin"
 
 # TODO(sdake, vhosakot)
 # erlang by default binds to wildcard (all interfaces) and can potentially
diff --git a/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2 b/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2
index 7db5f020d7..f0d85b0f8e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.config.j2
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 [
   {kernel, [
-    {inet_dist_use_interface, {% raw %}{{% endraw %}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] | regex_replace('\.', ',') }}}},
+    {inet_dist_use_interface, {% raw %}{{% endraw %}{{ api_interface_address | regex_replace('\.', ',') }}}},
     {inet_dist_listen_min, {{ rabbitmq_cluster_port }}},
     {inet_dist_listen_max, {{ rabbitmq_cluster_port }}}
   ]},
   {rabbit, [
     {tcp_listeners, [
-      {"{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}", {{ rabbitmq_port }}}
-    ]},
+      {"{{ api_interface_address }}", {{ rabbitmq_port }}}
+    ]}{% if orchestration_engine == 'ANSIBLE' %},
     {cluster_partition_handling, autoheal}
+    {%- endif %}
   ]},
   {rabbitmq_management, [
     {listener, [
-      {ip, "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}"},
+      {ip, "{{ api_interface_address }}"},
       {port, {{ rabbitmq_management_port }}}
     ]},
     {load_definitions, "/etc/rabbitmq/definitions.json"}
-  ]},
+  ]}{% if orchestration_engine == 'ANSIBLE' %},
   {rabbitmq_clusterer, [{config, "/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-clusterer.config"}]}
+{%- endif %}
 ].
 % EOF