diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index 370e5ced7..55111c2d2 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ class AnsibleAction(actions.Action):
                 self.ssh_private_key)
             env_variables = {
                 'HOME': self.work_dir,
+                'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': self.work_dir,
                 'ANSIBLE_CONFIG': ansible_config_path
             }
 
@@ -482,6 +483,7 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(base.TripleOAction):
                 self.ssh_private_key)
             env_variables = {
                 'HOME': self.work_dir,
+                'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': self.work_dir,
                 'ANSIBLE_CONFIG': ansible_config_path,
             }
 
diff --git a/tripleo_common/inventory.py b/tripleo_common/inventory.py
index ff1faf640..6335fccee 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/inventory.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/inventory.py
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ class TripleoInventory(object):
                 'vars': {
                     'ansible_host': 'localhost',
                     'ansible_connection': 'local',
+                    # see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41808
+                    'ansible_remote_tmp': '/tmp/ansible-${USER}',
                     'auth_url': self.auth_url,
                     'cacert': self.cacert,
                     'os_auth_token':
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
index 628520f6a..c5b0fe81e 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class AnsibleActionTest(base.TestCase):
 
         env = {
             'HOME': action.work_dir,
+            'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': action.work_dir,
             'ANSIBLE_CONFIG': ansible_config_path
         }
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookActionTest(base.TestCase):
         pb = os.path.join(action.work_dir, 'playbook.yaml')
         env = {
             'HOME': action.work_dir,
+            'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': action.work_dir,
             'ANSIBLE_CONFIG': ansible_config_path,
             'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST': 'profile_tasks',
             'PROFILE_TASKS_TASK_OUTPUT_LIMIT': '0',
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/test_inventory.py b/tripleo_common/tests/test_inventory.py
index d16cf46fe..c673ad018 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/test_inventory.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/test_inventory.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ class TestInventory(base.TestCase):
                 'hosts': ['undercloud'],
                 'vars': {'ansible_connection': 'local',
                          'ansible_host': 'localhost',
+                         'ansible_remote_tmp': '/tmp/ansible-${USER}',
                          'auth_url': 'xyz://keystone.local',
                          'cacert': 'acacert',
                          'os_auth_token': 'atoken',
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ class TestInventory(base.TestCase):
                 'hosts': ['undercloud'],
                 'vars': {'ansible_connection': 'local',
                          'ansible_host': 'localhost',
+                         'ansible_remote_tmp': '/tmp/ansible-${USER}',
                          'auth_url': 'xyz://keystone.local',
                          'cacert': 'acacert',
                          'os_auth_token':
@@ -377,6 +379,8 @@ class TestInventory(base.TestCase):
             'Undercloud': {'hosts': {'undercloud': {}},
                            'vars': {'ansible_connection': 'local',
                                     'ansible_host': 'localhost',
+                                    'ansible_remote_tmp':
+                                        '/tmp/ansible-${USER}',
                                     'auth_url': 'xyz://keystone.local',
                                     'cacert': 'acacert',
                                     'os_auth_token': 'atoken',