diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index 6f92c78a4..2f107e722 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def write_default_ansible_cfg(work_dir,
         '/usr/share/ansible/tripleo-plugins/callback:'
         '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/callback:'
         '%s/callback_plugins' % constants.DEFAULT_VALIDATIONS_BASEDIR)
-    callbacks_whitelist = ','.join(['profile_tasks'])
+    callbacks_whitelist = ','.join(['tripleo', 'profile_tasks'])
     action_plugins_path = (
         '~/.ansible/plugins/action:'
         '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/action:'
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def write_default_ansible_cfg(work_dir,
     config.set('defaults', 'library', modules_path)
     config.set('defaults', 'callback_plugins', callbacks_path)
     config.set('defaults', 'callback_whitelist', callbacks_whitelist)
+    config.set('defaults', 'stdout_callback', 'tripleo')
     config.set('defaults', 'action_plugins', action_plugins_path)
     config.set('defaults', 'lookup_plugins', lookups_path)
     config.set('defaults', 'filter_plugins', filter_plugins_path)
@@ -597,7 +598,8 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(base.TripleOAction):
                 env_variables.update({
                     # the whitelist could be collected from multiple
                     # arguments if we find a use case for it
-                    'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST': 'profile_tasks',
+                    'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST': 'tripleo,profile_tasks',
+                    'ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK': 'tripleo',
                     'PROFILE_TASKS_TASK_OUTPUT_LIMIT':
                         six.text_type(self.profile_tasks_limit),
                 })
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
index 320d5450d..45697a688 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookActionTest(base.TestCase):
             'HOME': action.work_dir,
             'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': action.work_dir,
             'ANSIBLE_CONFIG': ansible_config_path,
-            'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST': 'profile_tasks',
+            'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST': 'tripleo,profile_tasks',
+            'ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK': 'tripleo',
             'PROFILE_TASKS_TASK_OUTPUT_LIMIT': '0',
         }
         python_version = sys.version_info.major