diff --git a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml
index c6e68e3..5f9f5c7 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     - item.mon_host is defined
     - item.keyring_src is defined
     - item.client_name is defined
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Secure extra keyring file permissions
   file:
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@
   with_items: "{{ ceph_extra_confs }}"
   when:
     - item.keyring_src is defined
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Remove temp extra keyring files
   file:
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml
index dc8a0c7..2ffdb3d 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
   when:
     - item.mon_host is defined
     - item.client_name is defined
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Distribute extra key files
   copy:
@@ -165,5 +167,7 @@
     state: "absent"
   delegate_to: localhost
   with_items: "{{ ceph_extra_confs }}"
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
   tags:
     - always
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml b/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml
index 3b3708c..9e2ab84 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
   when:
     - item.mon_host is defined
     - item.src is defined
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Create extra ceph.conf files
   copy: