diff --git a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml
index 300d451d7..d78f52f3e 100644
--- a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml
+++ b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-rdocloud.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,21 @@ build_undercloud: false
 tempest_track_resources: false
 
 # Rely on RDO registry instead of docker.io due to rate limit
-docker_registry_host: trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+# job.build_container_images is defined in zuul as a
+# direct var.  adding build_container_images as tqe
+# var so that we can turn this on/off per release w/o
+# changing zuul and breaking jobs via inheritance.
+docker_registry_host: >-
+  {% if job is defined and
+  job.build_container_images is defined and
+  job.build_container_images|default(false)|bool or
+  build_container_images|default(false)|bool -%}
+  127.0.0.1:5001
+  {%- elif job.registry_ip_address is defined -%}
+  {{ job.registry_ip_address }}:5001
+  {%- else -%}
+  trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+  {%- endif -%}
 
 # Use cirros cached image
 tempest_test_image_path: /opt/cache/files/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img
diff --git a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-vexxhost.yml b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-vexxhost.yml
index ad6952569..2dbd662cd 100644
--- a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-vexxhost.yml
+++ b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode-vexxhost.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,21 @@ build_image_isolated: false
 build_undercloud: false
 
 # Rely on RDO registry instead of docker.io due to rate limit
-docker_registry_host: trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+# job.build_container_images is defined in zuul as a
+# direct var.  adding build_container_images as tqe
+# var so that we can turn this on/off per release w/o
+# changing zuul and breaking jobs via inheritance.
+docker_registry_host: >-
+  {% if job is defined and
+  job.build_container_images is defined and
+  job.build_container_images|default(false)|bool or
+  build_container_images|default(false)|bool -%}
+  127.0.0.1:5001
+  {%- elif job.registry_ip_address is defined -%}
+  {{ job.registry_ip_address }}:5001
+  {%- else -%}
+  trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+  {%- endif -%}
 
 # We don't need to cleanup TripleO CI
 tempest_track_resources: false
diff --git a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-rdocloud.yml b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-rdocloud.yml
index 9e1ee4529..3d9b159bc 100644
--- a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-rdocloud.yml
+++ b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-rdocloud.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,21 @@ update_containers: >-
   {%- endif -%}
 
 # Rely on RDO registry instead of docker.io due to rate limit
-docker_registry_host: trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+# job.build_container_images is defined in zuul as a
+# direct var.  adding build_container_images as tqe
+# var so that we can turn this on/off per release w/o
+# changing zuul and breaking jobs via inheritance.
+docker_registry_host: >-
+  {% if job is defined and
+  job.build_container_images is defined and
+  job.build_container_images|default(false)|bool or
+  build_container_images|default(false)|bool -%}
+  127.0.0.1:5001
+  {%- elif job.registry_ip_address is defined -%}
+  {{ job.registry_ip_address }}:5001
+  {%- else -%}
+  trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+  {%- endif -%}
 
 # We don't need to cleanup TripleO CI
 tempest_track_resources: false
diff --git a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-vexxhost.yml b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-vexxhost.yml
index f4e910e3e..4a6987691 100644
--- a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-vexxhost.yml
+++ b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/ovb-vexxhost.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,21 @@ update_containers: >-
   {%- endif -%}
 
 # Rely on RDO registry instead of docker.io due to rate limit
-docker_registry_host: trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+# job.build_container_images is defined in zuul as a
+# direct var.  adding build_container_images as tqe
+# var so that we can turn this on/off per release w/o
+# changing zuul and breaking jobs via inheritance.
+docker_registry_host: >-
+  {% if job is defined and
+  job.build_container_images is defined and
+  job.build_container_images|default(false)|bool or
+  build_container_images|default(false)|bool -%}
+  127.0.0.1:5001
+  {%- elif job.registry_ip_address is defined -%}
+  {{ job.registry_ip_address }}:5001
+  {%- else -%}
+  trunk.registry.rdoproject.org
+  {%- endif -%}
 
 # We don't need to cleanup TripleO CI
 tempest_track_resources: false