diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index ec3b3717..3fcc4bea 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
   until: _stop | success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  listen: "Restart glance services"
+  listen:
+    - "Restart glance services"
+    - "venv changed"
 
 # TODO(odyssey4me):
 # Assuming glance-registry is removed in the S cycle as planned, this
@@ -82,7 +84,9 @@
     - "/etc/systemd/system/{{ glance_services['glance-registry']['service_name'] }}.service"
   when:
     - not glance_services['glance-registry']['condition']
-  listen: "Restart glance services"
+  listen:
+    - "Restart glance services"
+    - "venv changed"
 
 # Note (odyssey4me):
 # The policy.json file is currently read continually by the services
@@ -100,7 +104,9 @@
     group: "{{ glance_system_group_name }}"
     mode: "0640"
     remote_src: yes
-  listen: "Restart glance services"
+  listen:
+    - "Restart glance services"
+    - "venv changed"
 
 - name: Start services
   service:
@@ -113,7 +119,9 @@
   until: _start | success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  listen: "Restart glance services"
+  listen:
+    - "Restart glance services"
+    - "venv changed"
 
 - meta: noop
   listen: Manage LB
diff --git a/tasks/glance_install.yml b/tasks/glance_install.yml
index 7bcd566c..3bc1b6bf 100644
--- a/tasks/glance_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/glance_install.yml
@@ -103,113 +103,30 @@
       {% endfor %}
   when: glance_developer_mode | bool
 
-- name: Install requires pip packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ glance_requires_pip_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ glance_pip_package_state }}"
-    extra_args: >-
+- name: Build/install the python venv
+  include_role:
+    name: "python_venv_build"
+    private: yes
+  vars:
+    distro_package_list: "{{ glance_distro_packages }}"
+    host_pip_packages: "{{ glance_requires_pip_packages }}"
+    venv_pip_packages: "{{ glance_pip_packages }}"
+    host_pip_install_args: >-
       {{ glance_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
       {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
       {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
-  register: install_packages
-  until: install_packages|success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-
-- name: Retrieve checksum for venv download
-  uri:
-    url: "{{ glance_venv_download_url | replace('tgz', 'checksum') }}"
-    return_content: yes
-  register: glance_venv_checksum
-  when: glance_venv_download | bool
-
-- name: Attempt venv download
-  get_url:
-    url: "{{ glance_venv_download_url }}"
-    dest: "/var/cache/{{ glance_venv_download_url | basename }}"
-    checksum: "sha1:{{ glance_venv_checksum.content | trim }}"
-  register: glance_get_venv
-  when: glance_venv_download | bool
-
-- name: Remove existing venv
-  file:
-    path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
-    state: absent
-  when: glance_get_venv | changed
-
-- name: Create glance venv dir
-  file:
-    path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
-    state: directory
-  register: glance_venv_dir
-  when: glance_get_venv | changed
-
-- name: Unarchive pre-built venv
-  unarchive:
-    src: "/var/cache/{{ glance_venv_download_url | basename }}"
-    dest: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
-    copy: "no"
-  when: glance_get_venv | changed
-  notify:
-    - Manage LB
-    - Restart glance services
-
-- name: Install pip packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ glance_pip_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ glance_pip_package_state }}"
-    virtualenv: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
-    virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
-    extra_args: >-
+    venv_pip_install_args: >-
       {{ glance_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
       {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
       {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
-  register: install_packages
-  until: install_packages|success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-  when: glance_get_venv | failed or glance_get_venv | skipped
-  notify:
-    - Manage LB
-    - Restart glance services
-
-- name: Remove python from path first (CentOS, openSUSE)
-  file:
-    path:  "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}/bin/python2.7"
-    state: "absent"
-  when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf', 'zypper']
-    - glance_get_venv | changed
-
-- name: Update virtualenv path
-  shell: |
-    find {{ glance_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
-    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ glance_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ glance_bin }}/*
-    virtualenv {{ glance_bin | dirname }}
-  when: glance_get_venv | changed
-  tags:
-    - skip_ansible_lint
-
-- name: Record the need for a service restart
-  ini_file:
-    dest: "/etc/ansible/facts.d/openstack_ansible.fact"
-    section: glance
-    option: need_service_restart
-    value: True
-  when: (glance_get_venv | changed) or
-        (glance_venv_dir | changed) or
-        (install_packages | changed) or
-        (ansible_local is not defined) or
-        ('openstack_ansible' not in ansible_local) or
-        ('glance' not in ansible_local['openstack_ansible']) or
-        ('need_service_restart' not in ansible_local['openstack_ansible']['glance'])
-
-- name: Record the venv tag deployed
-  ini_file:
-    dest: "/etc/ansible/facts.d/openstack_ansible.fact"
-    section: glance
-    option: venv_tag
-    value: "{{ glance_venv_tag }}"
+    venv_destination_path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
+    venv_facts_when_changed:
+      - section: "glance"
+        option: "need_service_restart"
+        value: True
+      - section: "glance"
+        option: "venv_tag"
+        value: "{{ glance_venv_tag }}"
 
 - name: Create TEMP run dir
   file:
diff --git a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
index 3e9d827d..3dde4a61 100644
--- a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@
   src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ansible-role-systemd_service
   scm: git
   version: master
+- name: python_venv_build
+  src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ansible-role-python_venv_build
+  scm: git
+  version: master