diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index d61a6c5753..a9d690fd34 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     - restart network
 - meta: flush_handlers
 
-- yum: state=present name=https://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/openstack-icehouse/rdo-release-icehouse-4.noarch.rpm
+- name: download RDO release package
+  get_url: url=https://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/openstack-icehouse/rdo-release-icehouse-4.noarch.rpm dest=/root/
+- yum: state=present name=/root/rdo-release-icehouse-4.noarch.rpm
 - yum: state=present pkg=openstack-nova-common
 - name: create logical volume for ephemeral storage
   lvol: vg=vg_guests lv=nova size=100%FREE