diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/test_utils.py b/tripleoclient/tests/test_utils.py
index badfa8106..28ebbd02d 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ class TestRunAnsiblePlaybook(TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError,
                           utils.run_ansible_playbook, self.mock_log,
                           '/tmp', 'existing.yaml', 'localhost,',
-                          '/tmp/foo.cfg'
+                          '/home/foo', '/tmp/foo.cfg'
                           )
-        mock_exists.assert_called_once_with('/tmp/foo.cfg')
-        mock_isabs.assert_called_once_with('/tmp/foo.cfg')
+        mock_exists.assert_called_with('/tmp/foo.cfg')
+        mock_isabs.assert_called_with('/tmp/foo.cfg')
         mock_run.assert_not_called()
 
     @mock.patch('tempfile.mkstemp', return_value=('foo', '/tmp/fooBar.cfg'))
diff --git a/tripleoclient/utils.py b/tripleoclient/utils.py
index e3ec68a4d..6eec3edc4 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/utils.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/utils.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def run_ansible_playbook(logger,
                          workdir,
                          playbook,
                          inventory,
+                         log_path_dir=None,
                          ansible_config=None,
                          retries=True,
                          connection='smart',
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ def run_ansible_playbook(logger,
     temporary file, or False to not manage configuration at all
     :type ansible_config: String
 
+    :param log_path_dir: Dir path location for ansible log file.
+    Defaults to "None"
+    :type retries: String
+
     :param retries: do you want to get a retry_file?
     :type retries: Boolean
 
@@ -146,7 +151,12 @@ def run_ansible_playbook(logger,
          '/usr/share/ansible/roles:'
          '/etc/ansible/roles:'
          '%s/roles' % constants.DEFAULT_VALIDATIONS_BASEDIR)
-    env['ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH'] = os.path.join(workdir, 'ansible.log')
+
+    if not log_path_dir or not os.path.exists(log_path_dir):
+        env['ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH'] = os.path.join(workdir, 'ansible.log')
+    else:
+        env['ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH'] = os.path.join(log_path_dir, 'ansible.log')
+
     env['ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING'] = 'False'
 
     cleanup = False