diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index a62fd13b..0996a5d0 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         Devstack multinode job.
     required-projects:
         openstack/whitebox-tempest-plugin
-    pre-run: playbooks/whitebox.yaml
+    pre-run: playbooks/whitebox/pre.yaml
     irrelevant-files:
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
     vars:
diff --git a/playbooks/whitebox.yaml b/playbooks/whitebox/pre.yaml
similarity index 80%
rename from playbooks/whitebox.yaml
rename to playbooks/whitebox/pre.yaml
index 59b23eb2..99a89952 100644
--- a/playbooks/whitebox.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/whitebox/pre.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
+      - ensure-pip
       - whitebox-common
       - whitebox-nova-compute