diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/ansible.cfg b/roles/copr/backend/files/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2523a2a080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[defaults]
+ansible_python_interpreter = /usr/bin/python3
+callback_whitelist = profile_tasks
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index e8b0ad1779..58c64d3f7e 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
+- name: install .ansible.cfg for copr user
+  copy: src=ansible.cfg dest=/home/copr/.ansible.cfg
+        owner=copr group=copr mode=600
+  tags:
+  - provision_config
+
 - name: put provisioning files
   synchronize: src="provision/" dest="/home/copr/provision/"
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
index ee8dab18c9..65d4fe37f0 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
   become: yes
   become_user: postgres
 
+- name: install .ansible.cfg for resalloc user
+  copy: src=ansible.cfg dest=/home/resalloc/.ansible.cfg
+        owner=resalloc group=resalloc mode=600
+  tags:
+  - provision_config
+
 - name: resalloc, sync copr provisioning files
   synchronize: src="provision/" dest="/var/lib/resallocserver/provision/"
   tags: