diff --git a/playbooks/jenkins_slave.yml b/playbooks/jenkins_slave.yml
index 38e1169bb4..6a5de2285f 100644
--- a/playbooks/jenkins_slave.yml
+++ b/playbooks/jenkins_slave.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
   
   - name: mkdir dir for jenkins data
     action: file state=directory path=/mnt/jenkins owner=jenkins_slave group=jenkins_slave
+
+  - name: add jenkins-admin-keys for ssh'ing as root
+    action: copy src=$files/jenkins/jenkins-admin-keys dest=/root/.ssh/authorized_keys mode=600 backup=true
+    tags:
+    - config
+    
   
   handlers:
   - include: $handlers/restart_services.yml