diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
index b89edbd3dc..0ae3fce1ac 100644
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
+++ b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@
     path: /etc/pip.conf
   register: pip_conf_file
 
+# This is a very dirty hack due to images.linuxcontainers.org
+# constantly failing to resolve in openstack-infra.
+- name: Implement hard-coded hosts entries for consistently failing name
+  lineinfile:
+    path: "/etc/hosts"
+    line: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+    - "91.189.91.21 images.linuxcontainers.org us.images.linuxcontainers.org"
+    - "91.189.88.37 images.linuxcontainers.org uk.images.linuxcontainers.org"
+  when:
+    - nodepool_dir.stat.exists
+
 - name: Determine the fastest available OpenStack-Infra wheel mirror
   command: "{{ bootstrap_host_aio_script_path }}/fastest-infra-wheel-mirror.py"
   register: fastest_wheel_mirror