diff --git a/playbooks/base-minimal/pre.yaml b/playbooks/base-minimal/pre.yaml
index 1b9c34d9e9..15b5c4c16a 100644
--- a/playbooks/base-minimal/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/base-minimal/pre.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
   roles:
     - add-build-sshkey
     - start-zuul-console
+    - role: validate-host
+      # TODO(mordred) When we have site-local variables, these should go there
+      zuul_traceroute_host: git.openstack.org
+      zuul_image_manifest: /etc/dib-builddate.txt