diff --git a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_json.py b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_json.py
index fa96f771ac..612a720697 100644
--- a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_json.py
+++ b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_json.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 import json
 import os
-import re
 
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 try:
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         # Get the hostvars from just one host - the vars we're looking for will
         # be identical on all of them
         hostvars = next(iter(play._variable_manager._hostvars.values()))
-        playbook = self._playbook_name
         self._playbook_name = None
 
         # TODO(mordred) For now, protect specific variable lookups to make it
@@ -68,24 +66,16 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         # tool.
         phase = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_phase')
         index = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_phase_index')
-
-        # imply work_dir from src_root
-        src_root = hostvars.get('zuul', {}).get('executor', {}).get('src_root')
-        if src_root:
-            # Ensure work_dir has a trailing / for ease of stripping
-            work_dir = os.path.dirname(
-                os.path.dirname(src_root)).rstrip('/') + '/'
-            # Strip work_dir from the beginning of the playbook name.
-            playbook = playbook.replace(work_dir, '')
-
-        # Lop off the first two path elements - ansible/pre_playbook_0
-        playbook = re.sub('(un)?trusted/project_[^/]+/', '', playbook)
-        # Remove yaml suffix
-        playbook = os.path.splitext(playbook)[0]
+        playbook = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_canonical_name_and_path')
+        trusted = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_trusted')
+        trusted = True if trusted == "True" else False
+        branch = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_branch')
 
         self.playbook['playbook'] = playbook
         self.playbook['phase'] = phase
         self.playbook['index'] = index
+        self.playbook['trusted'] = trusted
+        self.playbook['branch'] = branch
 
     def _new_play(self, play):
         return {
diff --git a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
index 171b25c88d..69bc2bb9ae 100644
--- a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
+++ b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import datetime
 import logging
 import json
 import os
-import re
 import socket
 import threading
 import time
@@ -165,34 +164,20 @@ class CallbackModule(default.CallbackModule):
         # Get the hostvars from just one host - the vars we're looking for will
         # be identical on all of them
         hostvars = next(iter(self._play._variable_manager._hostvars.values()))
-        playbook = self._playbook_name
         self._playbook_name = None
 
-        # TODO(mordred) For now, protect specific variable lookups to make it
-        # not absurdly strange to run local tests with the callback plugin
-        # enabled. Remove once we have a "run playbook like zuul runs playbook"
-        # tool.
-        phase = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_phase')
+        phase = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_phase', '')
+        playbook = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_canonical_name_and_path')
+        trusted = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_trusted')
+        trusted = 'trusted' if trusted == "True" else 'untrusted'
+        branch = hostvars.get('zuul_execution_branch')
+
         if phase and phase != 'run':
             phase = '{phase}-run'.format(phase=phase)
         phase = phase.upper()
 
-        # imply work_dir from src_root
-        src_root = hostvars.get('zuul', {}).get('executor', {}).get('src_root')
-        if src_root:
-            # Ensure work_dir has a trailing / for ease of stripping
-            work_dir = os.path.dirname(
-                os.path.dirname(src_root)).rstrip('/') + '/'
-            # Strip work_dir from the beginning of the playbook name.
-            playbook = playbook.replace(work_dir, '')
-
-        # Lop off the first two path elements - ansible/pre_playbook_0
-        playbook = re.sub('(un)?trusted/project_[^/]+/', '', playbook)
-        # Remove yaml suffix
-        playbook = os.path.splitext(playbook)[0]
-
-        self._log("{phase} [{playbook}]".format(
-            phase=phase, playbook=playbook))
+        self._log("{phase} [{trusted} : {playbook}@{branch}]".format(
+            trusted=trusted, phase=phase, playbook=playbook, branch=branch))
 
     def v2_playbook_on_play_start(self, play):
         self._play = play
diff --git a/zuul/executor/server.py b/zuul/executor/server.py
index 93bb92d640..6e4b15cc4b 100644
--- a/zuul/executor/server.py
+++ b/zuul/executor/server.py
@@ -1423,6 +1423,13 @@ class AnsibleJob(object):
         if index is not None:
             cmd.extend(['-e', 'zuul_execution_phase_index=%s' % index])
 
+        cmd.extend(['-e', 'zuul_execution_trusted=%s' % str(playbook.trusted)])
+        cmd.extend([
+            '-e',
+            'zuul_execution_canonical_name_and_path=%s'
+            % playbook.canonical_name_and_path])
+        cmd.extend(['-e', 'zuul_execution_branch=%s' % str(playbook.branch)])
+
         result, code = self.runAnsible(
             cmd=cmd, timeout=timeout,
             config_file=playbook.ansible_config,