diff --git a/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml b/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml
index f3808e8ce6..f9374acc24 100644
--- a/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml
+++ b/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ outputs:
                       {{ hostvars.raw_get(host)['ansible_hostname'] }}:
                         ansible_user: {{ hostvars.raw_get(host)['ansible_ssh_user'] | default('heat-admin') }}
                         ansible_host: {{ hostvars.raw_get(host)['ansible_host'] | default(host) }}
+                        canonical_hostname: {{ hostvars.raw_get(host)['canonical_hostname'] | default(host) }}
                         ansible_become: true
                       {% endfor %}