diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 28ae856..4f81fe6 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     parent: publish-openstack-artifacts
     description: |
             Publish the results tar.gz and whl packages to tarballs.openstack.org.
+    pre-run: playbooks/python-tarball/pre.yaml
     run: playbooks/python-tarball/run.yaml
     vars:
       release_python: python3
diff --git a/playbooks/python-tarball/pre.yaml b/playbooks/python-tarball/pre.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3f34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/python-tarball/pre.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- hosts: all
+  roles:
+    # We use ensure-pip to make sure the wheel module is installed
+    - ensure-pip
+    - revoke-sudo