diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg
index 566007d8a3..ef03ad17b7 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/files/ansible.cfg
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ enable_plugins=openstack,constructed,yaml,advanced_host_list,ini
 cache=True
 cache_plugin=jsonfile
 cache_connection=/var/cache/ansible
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True