diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
index b1ea2aa716..f9daa361ef 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
 
 # setup access to workers
 ipa_server: ipa01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+ipa_host_group: osbuild
+ipa_host_group_desc: osbuild Build vms
+primary_auth_source: ipa
 ipa_client_shell_groups:
   - sysadmin-osbuild
   - sysadmin-releng
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
index 6eb1e0b9f0..b6c2a56bf4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
 
 # setup access to workers
 ipa_server: ipa01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+ipa_host_group: osbuild
+ipa_host_group_desc: osbuild Build vms
+primary_auth_source: ipa
 ipa_client_shell_groups:
   - sysadmin-osbuild
   - sysadmin-releng