diff --git a/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml b/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml
index f6bbc7e7..31abb875 100644
--- a/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml
+++ b/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/
   - name: run integration tests RHEL
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration > testout.txt'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration > testout.txt'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     ignore_errors: yes
     when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'
   - name: run integration tests RHEL with xunit results
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     ignore_errors: yes
     when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and xunit
   - name: run integration tests Fedora
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration > testout.txt'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration > testout.txt'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
     ignore_errors: yes
     when: ansible_distribution == 'Fedora'
   - name: run integration tests Fedora with xunit results
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600