diff --git a/tests/run.yml b/tests/run.yml
index 769b5a9ec09a24d25bae9bfe135159324ddffa07..afbfe7a144bcba050cf2d004b156fcfe26b81a3d 100644
--- a/tests/run.yml
+++ b/tests/run.yml
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@
         - all
       delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
 
+    - name: Install Python 3 package for Kolla
+      package:
+        name: python3
+      when:
+        need_build_image
+
     # NOTE(mgoddard): We are using the script module here and later to ensure
     # we use the local copy of these scripts, rather than the one on the remote
     # host, which could be checked out to a previous release (in an upgrade