diff --git a/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/pre.yaml b/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/pre.yaml
index ba6e994dc..3097ee7b3 100644
--- a/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/pre.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
       when:
         - ansible_pkg_mgr == "yum"
 
+    - name: Include EL9 taks
+      when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version(9, '==')
+      include: pre9.yaml
+
     - name: Include tripleo-repos
       include_role:
         name: tripleo-repos
diff --git a/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/pre9.yaml b/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/pre9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0afa5e4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/pre9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+- name: get extra repos delorean and deps
+  become: true
+  shell:
+    cmd: |
+      dnf config-manager --add-repo {{ item }}
+  loop:
+    - "https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos9-{{ release }}/{{ promote_source | default('consistent') }}/delorean.repo"
+    - https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos9-{{ release }}/delorean-deps.repo
+  changed_when: true
+
+- name: Enable supported container tools version
+  become: true
+  shell: |
+     {{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} module switch-to container-tools:latest -y;
+     {{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} clean metadata
+
+- name: Install vitualenv
+  become: true
+  package:
+    name: python3-virtualenv
+    state: latest
diff --git a/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/main.yaml
index 3d58ecdcf..9dc3e4c2a 100644
--- a/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 - name: Get python_v fact for py2 or py3 common vars
   include_tasks: check_set_py3.yaml
 
-- name: Include OS specific variables
-  include_vars: centos-7.yaml
+- name: Include OS specific variables for C7 or C9
+  include_vars: "centos-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yaml"
   when:
     - ansible_distribution == "CentOS"
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version == '7'
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version is version('7', '==') or
+      ansible_distribution_major_version is version('9', '==')
 
 - name: Make sure logs directory exists
   file:
diff --git a/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/pre.yaml b/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/pre.yaml
index f9c294e57..fe1568bd6 100644
--- a/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/pre.yaml
+++ b/roles/oooci-build-images/tasks/pre.yaml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       pip:
         name: setuptools
         virtualenv: "{{ workspace }}/.tmp"
-        virtualenv_command: "virtualenv-3"
+        virtualenv_command: "{{ 'virtualenv' if ansible_distribution_major_version is version('9', '==') else 'virtualenv-3' }}"
 
     - name: Borrow activate_this.py
       copy:
diff --git a/roles/oooci-build-images/vars/centos-9.yaml b/roles/oooci-build-images/vars/centos-9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a79527dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/oooci-build-images/vars/centos-9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+tripleo_image_source: https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-20210830.0.x86_64.qcow2
+dib_yum_repo_conf:
+  - /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-9-*
+  - /etc/yum.repos.d/delorean*
+dib_release: "9"
+dib_dnf_module_streams: "container-tools:latest"
+tripleo_image_os: centos9