diff --git a/tripleoclient/utils.py b/tripleoclient/utils.py
index fc64bc1c0..5f07883ac 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/utils.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/utils.py
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@ def load_environment_directories(directories):
 def get_tripleo_ansible_inventory(inventory_file=None,
                                   ssh_user='tripleo-admin',
                                   stack='overcloud',
+                                  undercloud_connection='ssh',
                                   return_inventory_file_path=False):
     if not inventory_file:
         inventory_file = '%s/%s' % (os.path.expanduser('~'),
@@ -1067,7 +1068,7 @@ def get_tripleo_ansible_inventory(inventory_file=None,
                 '/usr/bin/tripleo-ansible-inventory',
                 '--stack', stack,
                 '--ansible_ssh_user', ssh_user,
-                '--undercloud-connection', 'ssh',
+                '--undercloud-connection', undercloud_connection,
                 '--undercloud-key-file',
                 '/var/lib/mistral/.ssh/tripleo-admin-rsa',
                 '--static-yaml-inventory', inventory_file)
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_validator.py b/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_validator.py
index c489a3dc0..5ae348828 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_validator.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_validator.py
@@ -367,7 +367,9 @@ class TripleOValidatorRun(command.Command):
             "/usr/bin/python{}".format(sys.version_info[0])
 
         static_inventory = oooutils.get_tripleo_ansible_inventory(
-            ssh_user='heat-admin', stack=parsed_args.plan,
+            ssh_user='heat-admin',
+            stack=parsed_args.plan,
+            undercloud_connection='local',
             return_inventory_file_path=True)
 
         failed_val = False