diff --git a/tripleoclient/utils.py b/tripleoclient/utils.py
index c9cacafe7..3bcb7e80b 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/utils.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/utils.py
@@ -696,7 +696,10 @@ def run_ansible_playbook(playbook, inventory, workdir, playbook_dir=None,
                 for key, value in r_opts['envvars'].items():
                     f.write('export {}="{}"\n'.format(key, value))
                 f.write('echo -e "Running Ansible command"\n')
-                f.write('{} "$@"\n'.format(' '.join(runner_config.command)))
+                args = '{} "$@"\n'.format(' '.join(runner_config.command))
+                # Single quote the dict passed to -e
+                args = re.sub('({.*})', '\'\\1\'', args)
+                f.write(args)
             os.chmod(command_path, 0o750)
 
         try: