diff --git a/tests/functional/reboot.yml b/tests/functional/reboot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbefdef4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/reboot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  gather_facts: true
+  tasks:
+    # why sleep 2? see here: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14413
+    - name: reboot the machines
+      shell: sleep 2 && shutdown -r now
+      become: yes
+      async: 1
+      poll: 0
+
+    - name: waiting 3 minutes for the machines to come back
+      local_action: wait_for host={{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }} port=22 state=started delay=30 timeout=180
+
+    - name: uptime
+      command: uptime
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 94a6ca5dc..e2bd044dd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ commands=
   testinfra -n 8 --sudo -v --connection=ansible --ansible-inventory={changedir}/hosts {toxinidir}/tests/functional/tests
 
   # reboot all vms
-  vagrant reload --no-provision
+  ansible-playbook -vv -i {changedir}/hosts {toxinidir}/tests/functional/reboot.yml
 
   # wait 2 minutes for services to be ready
   sleep 120