diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi_backend b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi_backend
index 1b5e4c7754..19ee435976 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi_backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi_backend
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ fas_client_groups: sysadmin-releng,sysadmin-bodhi
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/00releng-sudoers"
 
 ## XXX - note that the csi_ stuff is kept at the host_vars/ level.
+
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3