diff --git a/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml b/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml
index 8cd69df4c6..534d2fa77e 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   vars_files:
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
    - ${private}/vars.yml
+   - ${vars}/${ansible_distribution}.yml
 
   tasks:
   # this is how you include other task lists