diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all/all.yml b/inventory/group_vars/all/all.yml
index b10b203fdf..fe1a2b0c23 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all/all.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all/all.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ openstack_release: "{{ lookup('env', 'OSA_VERSION') | default('undefined', true)
 ## OpenStack Configuration directory
 openstack_config_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'OSA_CONFIG_DIR') | default('/etc/openstack_deploy') }}"
 
+## OpenStack service python version
+openstack_venv_python_executable: "{{ (ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') | ternary('python2', 'python3') }}"
+
+#uwsgi venv deploys the same python version as OpenStack service venv
+uwsgi_python_executable: "{{ openstack_venv_python_executable }}"
+
 ## Verbosity Options
 debug: False
 
diff --git a/playbooks/utility-install.yml b/playbooks/utility-install.yml
index 1400eeb4c7..9c1197e9d1 100644
--- a/playbooks/utility-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/utility-install.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
           include_role:
             name: "python_venv_build"
           vars:
+            venv_python_executable: "{{ utility_venv_python_executable | default(openstack_venv_python_executable) }}"
             venv_install_destination_path: "{{ utility_venv_bin | dirname }}"
             venv_pip_install_args: "{{ pip_install_options | default('') }}"
             venv_build_constraints: