diff --git a/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml b/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml
index 070837f617..cd4aef997f 100644
--- a/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
     - name: Check for a supported Operating System
       assert:
         that:
-          - ansible_distribution | lower == 'ubuntu'
           - ansible_distribution_release | lower == 'trusty' or
-            ansible_distribution_release | lower == 'xenial'
-        msg: "The only supported platforms for this release are Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty) and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)"
+            ansible_distribution_release | lower == 'xenial' or
+            "{{ ansible_os_family | lower }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version | lower }}" == "redhat-7"
+        msg: "The only supported platforms for this release are Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty), Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) and CentOS 7 (WIP)"
   roles:
     - role: "openstack_hosts"
   tags: