diff --git a/bifrost/cli.py b/bifrost/cli.py
index 7816888cf..e204a5ccb 100644
--- a/bifrost/cli.py
+++ b/bifrost/cli.py
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ def log(*message, only_if=True):
         print(*message, file=sys.stderr)
 
 
-def ansible(playbook, inventory, verbose=False, env=None, **params):
-    extra = COMMON_PARAMS + list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+def ansible(playbook, inventory, verbose=False, env=None, extra_vars=None,
+            **params):
+    extra = COMMON_PARAMS[:]
+    extra.extend(itertools.chain.from_iterable(
         ('-e', '%s=%s' % pair) for pair in params.items()
         if pair[1] is not None))
+    if extra_vars:
+        extra.extend(itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            ('-e', item) for item in extra_vars))
     if verbose:
         extra.append('-vvvv')
     args = [ANSIBLE, playbook, '-i', inventory] + extra
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ def cmd_testenv(args):
             test_vm_domain_type=args.domain_type,
             baremetal_json_file=os.path.abspath(args.inventory),
             baremetal_nodes_json=os.path.abspath(args.output),
+            extra_vars=args.extra_vars,
             **kwargs)
     log('Inventory generated in', args.output)
 
@@ -157,6 +163,7 @@ def cmd_install(args):
             testing=args.testenv,
             use_cirros=args.testenv,
             use_tinyipa=args.testenv,
+            extra_vars=args.extra_vars,
             **kwargs)
     log("Ironic is installed and running, try it yourself:\n",
         " $ source %s/bin/activate\n" % VENV,
@@ -190,6 +197,8 @@ def parse_args():
     testenv.add_argument('--inventory', default='baremetal-inventory.json',
                          help='output file with the inventory for using '
                               'with dynamic playbooks')
+    testenv.add_argument('-e', '--extra-vars', action='append',
+                         help='additional vars to pass to ansible')
     testenv.add_argument('-o', '--output', default='baremetal-nodes.json',
                          help='output file with the nodes information for '
                               'importing into ironic')
@@ -217,6 +226,8 @@ def parse_args():
                          action='store_true', default=False,
                          help='enable full disk cleaning between '
                               'deployments (can take a lot of time)')
+    install.add_argument('-e', '--extra-vars', action='append',
+                         help='additional vars to pass to ansible')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if getattr(args, 'func', None) is None:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bifrost-cli-extra-19fd989a05b2e4b4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bifrost-cli-extra-19fd989a05b2e4b4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b10f4906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bifrost-cli-extra-19fd989a05b2e4b4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Extra parameters for ansible can now be passed to ``bifrost-cli`` via
+    the ``-e``/``--extra-vars`` flag. The format is the same as for
+    ansible-playbook.
diff --git a/scripts/test-bifrost.sh b/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
index 83d51ae96..3621b1eae 100755
--- a/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ if [ "$ZUUL_BRANCH" != "" ]; then
     VM_SETUP_EXTRA="--storage-pool-path /opt/libvirt/images"
 fi
 
+if [ -d "${WORKSPACE:-}" ]; then
+    BIFROST_CLI_EXTRA="${BIFROST_CLI_EXTRA:-} --extra-vars copy_from_local_path=true"
+fi
+
 source $SCRIPT_HOME/env-setup.sh
 
 # Note(cinerama): activate is not compatible with "set -u";
@@ -123,7 +127,9 @@ done
     --memory ${VM_MEMORY_SIZE:-512} \
     --disk ${VM_DISK:-5} \
     --inventory "${BAREMETAL_DATA_FILE}" \
-    ${VM_SETUP_EXTRA:-}
+    --extra-vars git_url_root="${WORKSPACE:-https://opendev.org}" \
+    ${VM_SETUP_EXTRA:-} \
+    ${BIFROST_CLI_EXTRA:-}
 
 if [ ${USE_DHCP} = "true" ]; then
     # reduce the number of nodes in JSON file
@@ -136,8 +142,9 @@ if [ ${USE_DHCP} = "true" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ${CLI_TEST} = "true" ]; then
-    # FIXME(dtantsur): bifrost-cli does not use opendev-provided repos.
-    ../bifrost-cli --debug install --testenv
+    ../bifrost-cli --debug install --testenv \
+        --extra-vars git_url_root="${WORKSPACE:-https://opendev.org}" \
+        ${BIFROST_CLI_EXTRA:-}
 fi
 
 set +e