diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml
index 6ed86ca05..ac6259e3f 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_IRONIC=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_IRONIC_INSPECTOR=1
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_IRONIC_DRIVER=ipmi
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_NEUTRON=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_VIRT_DRIVER=ironic
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_CONFIGDRIVE=1