diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index bcb19cb64..19e98bc73 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import six
 from six.moves import configparser
+import subprocess
 import tempfile
-
+import time
 import yaml
 
 from mistral_lib import actions
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
 
+from tripleo_common.actions import base
+
 
 def write_default_ansible_cfg(work_dir,
                               base_ansible_cfg='/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg'):
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ class AnsibleAction(actions.Action):
                 shutil.rmtree(self.work_dir)
 
 
-class AnsiblePlaybookAction(actions.Action):
+class AnsiblePlaybookAction(base.TripleOAction):
     """Executes ansible playbook"""
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -255,6 +258,7 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(actions.Action):
         self.skip_tags = self._kwargs_for_run.pop('skip_tags', None)
         self.extra_env_variables = self._kwargs_for_run.pop(
             'extra_env_variables', None)
+        self.queue_name = self._kwargs_for_run.pop('queue_name', None)
 
         self._work_dir = self._kwargs_for_run.pop(
             'work_dir', None)
@@ -340,6 +344,14 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(actions.Action):
         self._ssh_private_key = path
         return path
 
+    def format_message(self, lines):
+        return {
+            'body': {
+                'payload': {
+                    'message': ''.join(lines),
+                    'status': 'RUNNING',
+                    'execution': {'id': None}}}}
+
     def run(self, context):
         if 0 < self.verbosity < 6:
             verbosity_option = '-' + ('v' * self.verbosity)
@@ -415,6 +427,37 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(actions.Action):
                     'OS_AUTH_TOKEN': context.auth_token,
                     'OS_PROJECT_NAME': context.project_name})
 
+            if self.queue_name:
+                zaqar = self.get_messaging_client(context)
+                queue = zaqar.queue(self.queue_name)
+                # TODO(d0ugal): We don't have the log errors functionality
+                # that processutils has, do we need to replicate that somehow?
+                command = [str(c) for c in command]
+                process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                           stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                                           shell=False, bufsize=1,
+                                           cwd=self.work_dir,
+                                           env=env_variables)
+                start = time.time()
+                stdout = []
+                lines = []
+                for line in iter(process.stdout.readline, b''):
+                    lines.append(line)
+                    stdout.append(line)
+                    if time.time() - start > 30:
+                        queue.post(self.format_message(lines))
+                        lines = []
+                        start = time.time()
+                queue.post(self.format_message(lines))
+                process.stdout.close()
+                returncode = process.wait()
+                # TODO(d0ugal): This bit isn't ideal - as we redirect stderr to
+                # stdout we don't know the difference. To keep the return dict
+                # similar there is an empty stderr. We can use the return code
+                # to determine if there was an error.
+                return {"stdout": "".join(stdout), "returncode": returncode,
+                        "stderr": ""}
+
             stderr, stdout = processutils.execute(
                 *command, cwd=self.work_dir,
                 env_variables=env_variables,
diff --git a/workbooks/package_update.yaml b/workbooks/package_update.yaml
index 1a7bcd082..f93f080d2 100644
--- a/workbooks/package_update.yaml
+++ b/workbooks/package_update.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ workflows:
       - playbook
       - inventory_file
       - queue_name: tripleo
+      - ansible_queue_name: tripleo
       - module_path: /usr/share/ansible-modules
       - ansible_extra_env_variables:
             ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: 'False'
@@ -105,7 +106,10 @@ workflows:
           extra_env_variables: <% $.ansible_extra_env_variables %>
           limit_hosts: <% $.nodes %>
           module_path: <% $.module_path %>
-        on-success: node_update_passed
+          queue_name: <% $.ansible_queue_name %>
+        on-success:
+          - node_update_passed: <% task().result.returncode = 0 %>
+          - node_update_failed: <% task().result.returncode != 0 %>
         on-error: node_update_failed
         publish:
           output: <% task().result %>
@@ -132,7 +136,6 @@ workflows:
               type: tripleo.package_update.v1.update_nodes
               payload:
                 status: <% $.status %>
-                message: <% concat(task(node_update).result.stderr.substring(0, 262144), task(node_update).result.stdout.substring(0, 262144)) %>
                 execution: <% execution() %>
         on-success:
           - fail: <% $.get('status') = "FAILED" %>