diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index 2482e3d6d..e508b8e99 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def write_default_ansible_cfg(work_dir,
         '/usr/share/ansible/tripleo-plugins/callback:'
         '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/callback:'
         '%s/callback_plugins' % constants.DEFAULT_VALIDATIONS_BASEDIR)
-    callbacks_whitelist = ','.join(['tripleo_dense', 'tripleo_profile_tasks'])
+    callbacks_whitelist = ','.join(['tripleo_dense', 'tripleo_profile_tasks',
+                                    'tripleo_states'])
     action_plugins_path = (
         '~/.ansible/plugins/action:'
         '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/action:'
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(base.TripleOAction):
                     # the whitelist could be collected from multiple
                     # arguments if we find a use case for it
                     'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST':
-                        'tripleo_dense,tripleo_profile_tasks',
+                        'tripleo_dense,tripleo_profile_tasks,tripleo_states',
                     'ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK': 'tripleo_dense',
                     'PROFILE_TASKS_TASK_OUTPUT_LIMIT':
                         six.text_type(self.profile_tasks_limit),
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
index 5193f5b37..2fac74a06 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookActionTest(base.TestCase):
             'ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP': action.work_dir,
             'ANSIBLE_CONFIG': ansible_config_path,
             'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST':
-                'tripleo_dense,tripleo_profile_tasks',
+                'tripleo_dense,tripleo_profile_tasks,tripleo_states',
             'ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK': 'tripleo_dense',
             'PROFILE_TASKS_TASK_OUTPUT_LIMIT': '20',
         }