diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
index a387552b96..c4f2661cda 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ buildslave_poll_interval: 1800
 master_dir: /home/buildmaster/master
 master_user: buildmaster
 
+# for now, we're just doing a local slave so we need the slave vars in here
+slave_home: /home/buildslave/
+slave_dir: /home/buildslave/slave
+slave_user: buildslave
+
 deployment_type: qadevel-stg
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 222, 443, "{{ buildslave_port }}" ]