diff --git a/contrib/terraform/openstack/kubespray.tf b/contrib/terraform/openstack/kubespray.tf
index 23c98552a..424c134dd 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/openstack/kubespray.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/openstack/kubespray.tf
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ module "compute" {
   use_server_groups                            = var.use_server_groups
   extra_sec_groups                             = var.extra_sec_groups
   extra_sec_groups_name                        = var.extra_sec_groups_name
+  group_vars_path                              = var.group_vars_path
 
   network_id = module.network.router_id
 }
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/main.tf b/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/main.tf
index 9409be3c6..f803f2548 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/main.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/main.tf
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "bastion" {
   }
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ../../contrib/terraform/openstack/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${var.bastion_fips[0]}/ > group_vars/no_floating.yml"
+    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ${path.root}/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${var.bastion_fips[0]}/ > ${var.group_vars_path}/no_floating.yml"
   }
 }
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "k8s_master" {
   }
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ../../contrib/terraform/openstack/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, var.k8s_master_fips), 0)}/ > group_vars/no_floating.yml"
+    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ${path.root}/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, var.k8s_master_fips), 0)}/ > ${var.group_vars_path}/no_floating.yml"
   }
 }
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "k8s_master_no_etcd" {
   }
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ../../contrib/terraform/openstack/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, var.k8s_master_fips), 0)}/ > group_vars/no_floating.yml"
+    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ${path.root}/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, var.k8s_master_fips), 0)}/ > ${var.group_vars_path}/no_floating.yml"
   }
 }
 
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "k8s_node" {
   }
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ../../contrib/terraform/openstack/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, var.k8s_node_fips), 0)}/ > group_vars/no_floating.yml"
+    command = "sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ${path.root}/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, var.k8s_node_fips), 0)}/ > ${var.group_vars_path}/no_floating.yml"
   }
 }
 
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "k8s_nodes" {
   }
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "%{if each.value.floating_ip}sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ../../contrib/terraform/openstack/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, [for key, value in var.k8s_nodes_fips : value.address]), 0)}/ > group_vars/no_floating.yml%{else}true%{endif}"
+    command = "%{if each.value.floating_ip}sed s/USER/${var.ssh_user}/ ${path.root}/ansible_bastion_template.txt | sed s/BASTION_ADDRESS/${element(concat(var.bastion_fips, [for key, value in var.k8s_nodes_fips : value.address]), 0)}/ > ${var.group_vars_path}/no_floating.yml%{else}true%{endif}"
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/variables.tf b/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/variables.tf
index 8dcf72cd3..1f013205d 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/variables.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/openstack/modules/compute/variables.tf
@@ -151,3 +151,7 @@ variable "image_master" {
 variable "image_master_uuid" {
   type = string
 }
+
+variable "group_vars_path" {
+  type = string
+}
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/openstack/variables.tf b/contrib/terraform/openstack/variables.tf
index 35bd62b60..a6c3c6408 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/openstack/variables.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/openstack/variables.tf
@@ -278,3 +278,9 @@ variable "image_master_uuid" {
   description = "uuid of image to be used on master nodes. If empty defaults to image_uuid"
   default     = ""
 }
+
+variable "group_vars_path" {
+  description = "path to the inventory group vars directory"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "./group_vars"
+}