diff --git a/doc/source/job-content.rst b/doc/source/job-content.rst
index 9b1059502d..75044cf1c4 100644
--- a/doc/source/job-content.rst
+++ b/doc/source/job-content.rst
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ of item.
       connectivity issues then previous attempts may have been cancelled,
       and this value will be greater than 1.
 
+   .. var:: ansible_version
+
+      The version of the Ansible community package release used for executing
+      the job.
+
    .. var:: project
 
       The item's project.  This is a data structure with the following
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_inventory.py b/tests/unit/test_inventory.py
index 8f5cca9acc..9dc1b36922 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_inventory.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_inventory.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class TestInventoryGithub(TestInventoryBase):
         z_vars = inventory['all']['vars']['zuul']
         self.assertIn('executor', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('src_root', z_vars['executor'])
+        self.assertIn('ansible_version', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('job', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('event_id', z_vars)
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['job'], 'single-inventory')
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ class TestInventoryPythonPath(TestInventoryBase):
         z_vars = inventory['all']['vars']['zuul']
         self.assertIn('executor', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('src_root', z_vars['executor'])
+        self.assertIn('ansible_version', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('job', z_vars)
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['job'], 'single-inventory')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['message'], 'QQ==')
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ class TestInventoryShellType(TestInventoryBase):
         z_vars = inventory['all']['vars']['zuul']
         self.assertIn('executor', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('src_root', z_vars['executor'])
+        self.assertIn('ansible_version', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('job', z_vars)
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['job'], 'single-inventory')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['message'], 'QQ==')
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ class TestInventoryAutoPython(TestInventoryBase):
         self.assertIn('executor', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('src_root', z_vars['executor'])
         self.assertIn('job', z_vars)
+        self.assertEqual(z_vars['ansible_version'], '2.8')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['job'], 'ansible-version28-inventory')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['message'], 'QQ==')
 
@@ -219,6 +223,7 @@ class TestInventoryAutoPython(TestInventoryBase):
         self.assertIn('executor', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('src_root', z_vars['executor'])
         self.assertIn('job', z_vars)
+        self.assertEqual(z_vars['ansible_version'], '2.9')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['job'], 'ansible-version29-inventory')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['message'], 'QQ==')
 
@@ -243,6 +248,7 @@ class TestInventoryAutoPython(TestInventoryBase):
         self.assertIn('executor', z_vars)
         self.assertIn('src_root', z_vars['executor'])
         self.assertIn('job', z_vars)
+        self.assertEqual(z_vars['ansible_version'], '5')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['job'], 'ansible-version5-inventory')
         self.assertEqual(z_vars['message'], 'QQ==')
 
diff --git a/zuul/executor/server.py b/zuul/executor/server.py
index e00612e9ef..1273cbaa45 100644
--- a/zuul/executor/server.py
+++ b/zuul/executor/server.py
@@ -2443,6 +2443,7 @@ class AnsibleJob(object):
             work_root=self.jobdir.work_root,
             result_data_file=self.jobdir.result_data_file,
             inventory_file=self.jobdir.inventory)
+        zuul_vars['ansible_version'] = self.ansible_version
 
         # Add playbook_context info
         zuul_vars['playbook_context'] = dict(