diff --git a/roles/copr/base/files/hosts b/roles/copr/base/files/hosts
index 8d78139ab8..2678d2760d 100644
--- a/roles/copr/base/files/hosts
+++ b/roles/copr/base/files/hosts
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 172.16.5.4 copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 172.16.5.5 copr-be-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 172.16.5.15 copr-fe-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+
+# for ansible, some dark magic why do we need this
+10.5.126.23     puppet.fedoraproject.org        puppet puppet01 puppet01.phx2.fedoraproject.org