diff --git a/.zuul.d/centos.yaml b/.zuul.d/centos.yaml
index 9f8a1f4e97..4d68236ec8 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/centos.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/centos.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     nodeset: kolla-centos8-stream
     vars:
       base_distro: centos
+      base_distro_version: stream8
 
 - job:
     name: kolla-build-centos8s-aarch64
diff --git a/.zuul.d/debian.yaml b/.zuul.d/debian.yaml
index acfac01ea2..cff43d4b58 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/debian.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/debian.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     nodeset: kolla-debian-bullseye
     vars:
       base_distro: debian
+      base_distro_version: bullseye
 
 - job:
     name: kolla-build-debian-aarch64
diff --git a/.zuul.d/ubuntu.yaml b/.zuul.d/ubuntu.yaml
index 19702db4da..12586e4e83 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/ubuntu.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     nodeset: kolla-ubuntu-focal
     vars:
       base_distro: ubuntu
+      base_distro_version: focal
 
 - job:
     name: kolla-build-ubuntu-aarch64
diff --git a/kolla/common/config.py b/kolla/common/config.py
index ef5f70fd1d..faad3576f0 100755
--- a/kolla/common/config.py
+++ b/kolla/common/config.py
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ _CLI_OPTS = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable-unbuildable', default=False,
                 help='Enable images marked as unbuildable'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('summary', default=True,
-                help='Show summary at the end of build')
+                help='Show summary at the end of build'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use-new-naming-scheme', default=False,
+                help='Use the new naming scheme (transitional option, '
+                'not to be set by end users)'),
 ]
 
 _BASE_OPTS = [
diff --git a/kolla/image/build.py b/kolla/image/build.py
index ee0aaaf734..a186ba4b8c 100755
--- a/kolla/image/build.py
+++ b/kolla/image/build.py
@@ -647,7 +647,10 @@ class KollaWorker(object):
 
         self.clean_package_cache = self.conf.clean_package_cache
 
-        self.image_prefix = self.base + '-'
+        if self.conf.use_new_naming_scheme:
+            self.image_prefix = ''
+        else:
+            self.image_prefix = self.base + '-'
 
         self.regex = conf.regex
         self.image_statuses_bad = dict()
diff --git a/tests/playbooks/run.yml b/tests/playbooks/run.yml
index 9b544b30f1..d3d22e14f9 100644
--- a/tests/playbooks/run.yml
+++ b/tests/playbooks/run.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
         kolla_publisher_config:
           DEFAULT:
             namespace: "{{ kolla_namespace }}"
-            tag: "{{ (zuul.branch | basename) ~ tag_suffix }}"
+            tag: "{{ (zuul.branch | basename) ~ base_distro ~ base_distro_version ~ tag_suffix }}"
+            use_new_naming_scheme: true
       set_fact:
         kolla_build_config: "{{ kolla_build_config | combine(kolla_publisher_config, recursive=True) }}"
       when: