diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index 55111c2d2..78534a97b 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def write_default_ansible_cfg(work_dir,
                               remote_user,
-                              ssh_private_key,
+                              ssh_private_key=None,
+                              transport=None,
                               base_ansible_cfg='/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg'):
     ansible_config_path = os.path.join(work_dir, 'ansible.cfg')
     shutil.copy(base_ansible_cfg, ansible_config_path)
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ def write_default_ansible_cfg(work_dir,
         config.set('defaults', 'remote_user', remote_user)
     if ssh_private_key:
         config.set('defaults', 'private_key_file', ssh_private_key)
+    if transport:
+        config.set('defaults', 'transport', transport)
 
     with open(ansible_config_path, 'w') as configfile:
         config.write(configfile)
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ class AnsibleAction(actions.Action):
             ansible_config_path = write_default_ansible_cfg(
                 self.work_dir,
                 self.remote_user,
-                self.ssh_private_key)
+                ssh_private_key=self.ssh_private_key)
             env_variables = {
                 'HOME': self.work_dir,
                 'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': self.work_dir,
@@ -480,7 +483,7 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(base.TripleOAction):
             ansible_config_path = write_default_ansible_cfg(
                 self.work_dir,
                 self.remote_user,
-                self.ssh_private_key)
+                ssh_private_key=self.ssh_private_key)
             env_variables = {
                 'HOME': self.work_dir,
                 'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': self.work_dir,
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
index c5b0fe81e..57a82ba5c 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class AnsibleActionTest(base.TestCase):
         }
 
         mock_write_cfg.assert_called_once_with(action.work_dir,
-                                               self.remote_user, None)
+                                               self.remote_user,
+                                               ssh_private_key=None)
 
         mock_execute.assert_called_once_with(
             'ansible', self.hosts, '-vvvvv', '--module-name', self.module,
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookActionTest(base.TestCase):
         action.run(self.ctx)
 
         mock_write_cfg.assert_called_once_with(action.work_dir,
-                                               self.remote_user, None)
+                                               self.remote_user,
+                                               ssh_private_key=None)
 
         pb = os.path.join(action.work_dir, 'playbook.yaml')
         env = {
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ class CopyConfigFileTest(base.TestCase):
             ansible_cfg_file.flush()
 
             resulting_ansible_config = ansible.write_default_ansible_cfg(
-                work_dir, None, None, base_ansible_cfg=ansible_cfg_path)
+                work_dir, None, None, None, base_ansible_cfg=ansible_cfg_path)
 
             self.assertEqual(resulting_ansible_config,
                              os.path.join(work_dir, 'ansible.cfg'))