diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/buildvmhost-ss390x-01.s390.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/buildvmhost-ss390x-01.s390.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f78f011a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/buildvmhost-ss390x-01.s390.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"