diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 8a7584b1ec..23f3bc6e86 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -1049,3 +1049,16 @@ enable_vitrage_prometheus_datasource: "{{ enable_prometheus | bool }}"
 # InfluxDB options
 ####################
 influxdb_address: "{{ kolla_internal_fqdn }}"
+
+#########################
+# Internal Image options
+#########################
+distro_python_version_map: {
+  "centos": "2.7",
+  "debian": "3.7",
+  "oraclelinux": "2.7",
+  "rhel": "2.7",
+  "ubuntu": "3.6"
+}
+
+distro_python_version: "{{ distro_python_version_map[kolla_base_distro] }}"