diff --git a/tasks/nova_compute_key_distribute.yml b/tasks/nova_compute_key_distribute.yml
index 0ef50126..bca5c643 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_compute_key_distribute.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_compute_key_distribute.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     dest: "/var/tmp/openstack-nova-key.sh"
     mode: "0755"
   delegate_to: localhost
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
   when:
     - inventory_hostname == first_available_compute
   tags: