diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 80ff349f..b08c81f7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,19 @@ glance_developer_mode: false
 glance_developer_constraints:
   - "git+{{ glance_git_repo }}@{{ glance_git_install_branch }}#egg=glance"
 
+# TODO(odyssey4me):
+# This can be simplified once all the roles are using
+# python_venv_build. We can then switch to using a
+# set of constraints in pip.conf inside the venv,
+# perhaps prepared by giving a giving a list of
+# constraints to the role.
+glance_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('') }}
+
 # Name of the virtual env to deploy into
-glance_venv_tag: untagged
+glance_venv_tag: "{{ venv_tag | default('untagged') }}"
 glance_bin: "{{ _glance_bin }}"
 
 # Set the etc dir path where glance is installed.
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 587a98e8..bf891d5a 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
   until: _stop is 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
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@
   register: _remove_glance_service
   changed_when: _remove_glance_service.rc == 2
   failed_when: _remove_glance_service.rc not in [0, 2]
-  listen: "Restart glance services"
+  listen:
+    - "Restart glance services"
+    - "venv changed"
   # This task causes ansible-lint to give a ANSIBLE0014
   # error, which does not make much sense given how the
   # environment variable is used in this case.
@@ -74,7 +78,9 @@
     - "/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
@@ -92,7 +98,9 @@
     group: "{{ glance_system_group_name }}"
     mode: "0640"
     remote_src: yes
-  listen: "Restart glance services"
+  listen:
+    - "Restart glance services"
+    - "venv changed"
 
 - name: Start services
   service:
@@ -105,7 +113,9 @@
   until: _start is 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_source.yml b/tasks/glance_install_source.yml
index ff4a6add..9f554c16 100644
--- a/tasks/glance_install_source.yml
+++ b/tasks/glance_install_source.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+# TODO(odyssey4me):
+# This can be simplified once all the roles are using
+# python_venv_build. We can then switch to using a
+# set of constraints in pip.conf inside the venv,
+# perhaps prepared by giving a giving a list of
+# constraints to the role.
 - name: Create developer mode constraint file
   copy:
     dest: "/opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt"
@@ -22,119 +28,26 @@
       {% endfor %}
   when: glance_developer_mode | bool
 
-- 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  is changed
-
-- name: Create glance venv dir
-  file:
-    path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
-    state: directory
-  register: glance_venv_dir
-  when: glance_get_venv  is 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  is 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: >-
-      {{ 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 is 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"
+- name: Ensure remote wheel building is disabled in developer mode
+  set_fact:
+    venv_build_host: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
   when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf', 'zypper']
-    - glance_get_venv  is changed
+    - glance_developer_mode | bool
 
-# NOTE(odyssey4me):
-# We reinitialize the venv to ensure that the right
-# version of python is in the venv, but we do not
-# want virtualenv to also replace pip, setuptools
-# and wheel so we tell it not to.
-# We do not use --always-copy for CentOS/SuSE due
-# to https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/565
-- 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 }} \
-        {{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary('--always-copy', '') }} \
-        --no-pip \
-        --no-setuptools \
-        --no-wheel
-  when: glance_get_venv  is changed
-  tags:
-    - skip_ansible_lint
-
-- name: Install optional pip packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ glance_optional_oslomsg_amqp1_pip_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ glance_pip_package_state }}"
-    virtualenv: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
-    virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
-  when: glance_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled
-  register: install_optional_packages
-  until: install_optional_packages is success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-  notify:
-    - Manage LB
-    - Restart glance services
-
-- 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
-        ('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 }}"
+- name: Install the python venv
+  include_role:
+    name: "python_venv_build"
+    private: yes
+  vars:
+    venv_build_distro_package_list: "{{ glance_devel_distro_packages }}"
+    venv_install_destination_path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
+    venv_install_distro_package_list: "{{ glance_distro_packages }}"
+    venv_pip_install_args: "{{ glance_pip_install_args }}"
+    venv_pip_packages: "{{ (glance_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled | bool) | ternary(glance_pip_packages + glance_optional_oslomsg_amqp1_pip_packages, glance_pip_packages) }}"
+    venv_facts_when_changed:
+      - section: "glance"
+        option: "need_service_restart"
+        value: True
+      - section: "glance"
+        option: "venv_tag"
+        value: "{{ glance_venv_tag }}"