diff --git a/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml b/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml
index f4eb7e6ca..6b11a8309 100644
--- a/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml
+++ b/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ spec:
                 type: string
               playbookContents:
                 type: string
+              role:
+                type: string
               tlsCerts:
                 additionalProperties:
                   properties:
diff --git a/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplaneservice_types.go b/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplaneservice_types.go
index 475446b37..8c90a9776 100644
--- a/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplaneservice_types.go
+++ b/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplaneservice_types.go
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ type OpenStackDataPlaneServiceSpec struct {
 	// Playbook is a path to the playbook that ansible will run on this execution
 	Playbook string `json:"playbook,omitempty"`
 
+	// Role is a path to the role that ansible will run on this execution
+	Role string `json:"role,omitempty"`
+
 	// CACerts - Secret containing the CA certificate chain
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxLength:=253
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml b/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml
index f4eb7e6ca..6b11a8309 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplaneservices.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ spec:
                 type: string
               playbookContents:
                 type: string
+              role:
+                type: string
               tlsCerts:
                 additionalProperties:
                   properties:
diff --git a/pkg/dataplane/util/ansible_execution.go b/pkg/dataplane/util/ansible_execution.go
index e86b6d6d7..fb79174c8 100644
--- a/pkg/dataplane/util/ansible_execution.go
+++ b/pkg/dataplane/util/ansible_execution.go
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ func (a *EEJob) BuildAeeJobSpec(
 	if len(service.Spec.Playbook) > 0 {
 		a.Playbook = service.Spec.Playbook
 	}
+	if len(service.Spec.Role) > 0 {
+		a.Role = service.Spec.Role
+	}
 
 	a.BackoffLimit = deployment.Spec.BackoffLimit
 	a.PreserveJobs = deployment.Spec.PreserveJobs
diff --git a/pkg/dataplane/util/ansibleee.go b/pkg/dataplane/util/ansibleee.go
index 0dff7b072..669a807bf 100644
--- a/pkg/dataplane/util/ansibleee.go
+++ b/pkg/dataplane/util/ansibleee.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ type EEJob struct {
 	PlaybookContents string `json:"playbookContents,omitempty"`
 	// Playbook is the playbook that ansible will run on this execution, accepts path or FQN from collection
 	Playbook string `json:"playbook,omitempty"`
+	// Role is the role that ansible will run on this execution, accepts path or FQN from collection
+	Role string `json:"role,omitempty"`
 	// Image is the container image that will execute the ansible command
 	Image string `json:"image,omitempty"`
 	// Name is the name of the execution job
@@ -78,12 +80,17 @@ func (a *EEJob) JobForOpenStackAnsibleEE(h *helper.Helper) (*batchv1.Job, error)
 
 	args := a.Args
 
-	playbook := a.Playbook
+	artifact := a.Playbook
+	param := "-p"
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		if len(playbook) == 0 {
-			playbook = CustomPlaybook
+		if len(a.PlaybookContents) > 0 {
+			artifact = CustomPlaybook
 		}
-		args = []string{"ansible-runner", "run", "/runner", "-p", playbook}
+		if len(a.Role) > 0 {
+			artifact = a.Role
+			param = "-r"
+		}
+		args = []string{"ansible-runner", "run", "/runner", param, artifact}
 	}
 
 	// ansible runner identifier
@@ -171,10 +178,10 @@ func (a *EEJob) JobForOpenStackAnsibleEE(h *helper.Helper) (*batchv1.Job, error)
 
 	if len(a.PlaybookContents) > 0 {
 		setRunnerEnvVar(h, "RUNNER_PLAYBOOK", a.PlaybookContents, "playbookContents", job, hashes)
-	} else if len(playbook) > 0 {
+	} else if len(a.Playbook) > 0 {
 		// As we set "playbook.yaml" as default
 		// we need to ensure that PlaybookContents is empty before adding playbook
-		setRunnerEnvVar(h, "RUNNER_PLAYBOOK", playbook, "playbooks", job, hashes)
+		setRunnerEnvVar(h, "RUNNER_PLAYBOOK", a.Playbook, "playbooks", job, hashes)
 	}
 
 	if len(a.CmdLine) > 0 {