diff --git a/docs/var.tfvars-doc.md b/docs/var.tfvars-doc.md
index 378df4d01..c335998a8 100644
--- a/docs/var.tfvars-doc.md
+++ b/docs/var.tfvars-doc.md
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ This variable can be used when debugging ansible playbooks.
 ansible_extra_options       = "-v"
 ```
 
+This variable can be used to change the repository name for installing ansible package on RHEL.
+```
+ansible_repo_name           = "ansible-2.9-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-rpms"
+```
+
 This variable specifies the external DNS servers to forward DNS queries that cannot be resolved locally.
 ```
 dns_forwarders              = "1.1.1.1; 9.9.9.9"
diff --git a/modules/1_prepare/prepare.tf b/modules/1_prepare/prepare.tf
index 3fd62d049..cebecb1f9 100644
--- a/modules/1_prepare/prepare.tf
+++ b/modules/1_prepare/prepare.tf
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ EOF
     }
 }
 
-resource "null_resource" "bastion_packages" {
+resource "null_resource" "enable_repos" {
     count           = local.bastion_count
     depends_on      = [null_resource.bastion_init, null_resource.setup_proxy_info, null_resource.bastion_register]
 
@@ -252,14 +252,35 @@ resource "null_resource" "bastion_packages" {
     }
 
     provisioner "remote-exec" {
-        inline = [
-            "#sudo yum update -y --skip-broken",
-            "sudo yum install -y wget jq git net-tools vim python3 tar"
+        inline = [<<EOF
+# Additional repo for installing ansible package
+if [[ -z "${var.rhel_subscription_username}" ]] || [[ "${var.rhel_subscription_username}" == "<subscription-id>" ]]; then
+  sudo yum install -y epel-release
+else
+  sudo subscription-manager repos --enable ${var.ansible_repo_name}
+fi
+EOF
         ]
     }
+}
+
+resource "null_resource" "bastion_packages" {
+    count           = local.bastion_count
+    depends_on      = [null_resource.bastion_init, null_resource.setup_proxy_info, null_resource.bastion_register, null_resource.enable_repos]
+
+    connection {
+        type        = "ssh"
+        user        = var.rhel_username
+        host        = data.ibm_pi_instance_ip.bastion_public_ip[count.index].external_ip
+        private_key = var.private_key
+        agent       = var.ssh_agent
+        timeout     = "15m"
+    }
+
     provisioner "remote-exec" {
         inline = [
-            "pip3 install ansible -q"
+            "#sudo yum update -y --skip-broken",
+            "sudo yum install -y wget jq git net-tools vim python3 tar"
         ]
     }
     provisioner "remote-exec" {
@@ -271,6 +292,11 @@ resource "null_resource" "bastion_packages" {
             "sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager"
         ]
     }
+    provisioner "remote-exec" {
+        inline = [
+           "sudo yum install -y ansible"
+        ]
+    }
 }
 
 locals {
diff --git a/modules/1_prepare/variables.tf b/modules/1_prepare/variables.tf
index e404d7205..aa2e32d99 100644
--- a/modules/1_prepare/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/1_prepare/variables.tf
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ variable "ssh_agent" {}
 
 variable "rhel_subscription_username" {}
 variable "rhel_subscription_password" {}
+variable "ansible_repo_name" {}
 
 variable "rhel_smt" {}
 
diff --git a/ocp.tf b/ocp.tf
index 73e4858ea..311a6989e 100644
--- a/ocp.tf
+++ b/ocp.tf
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module "prepare" {
     ssh_agent                       = var.ssh_agent
     rhel_subscription_username      = var.rhel_subscription_username
     rhel_subscription_password      = var.rhel_subscription_password
+    ansible_repo_name               = var.ansible_repo_name
     rhel_smt                        = var.rhel_smt
     storage_type                    = local.storage_type
     volume_type                     = var.volume_type
diff --git a/var.tfvars b/var.tfvars
index 647c5676f..d66f9606c 100644
--- a/var.tfvars
+++ b/var.tfvars
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ rhel_subscription_username  = "<subscription-id>"            #Leave this as-is i
 rhel_subscription_password  = "<subscription-password>"      #Leave this as-is if using CentOS as bastion image
 rhel_smt                    = 4
 
-
 ### OpenShift Installation Details
 
 openshift_install_tarball   = "https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/ppc64le/clients/ocp/stable-4.5/openshift-install-linux.tar.gz"
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ cluster_id                  = ""
 
 #installer_log_level        = "info"
 #ansible_extra_options      = "-v"
+#ansible_repo_name          = "ansible-2.9-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-rpms"
 #dns_forwarders             = "1.1.1.1; 9.9.9.9"
 #rhcos_kernel_options       = []
 #chrony_config              = true
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 89886e90a..e6bdc5fa7 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ variable "ansible_extra_options" {
     default     = "-v"
 }
 
+variable "ansible_repo_name" {
+    default = "ansible-2.9-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-rpms"
+}
+
 variable "pull_secret_file" {
     default   = "data/pull-secret.txt"
 }