diff --git a/roles/reproducer/README.md b/roles/reproducer/README.md
index 772e78b2a0..084b4999dc 100644
--- a/roles/reproducer/README.md
+++ b/roles/reproducer/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ None
 * `cifmw_reproducer_skip_fetch_repositories`: (Bool) Skip fetching repositories from zuul var and simply copy the code from the ansible controller. Defaults to `false`.
 * `cifmw_reproducer_supported_hypervisor_os`: (List) List of supported hypervisor operating systems and their minimum version.
 * `cifmw_reproducer_minimum_hardware_requirements`: (Dict) Define minimum hardware requirements for specific scenarios. Example below
+* `cifmw_reproducer_computes_rhos_release_args`: (String) Arguments to use when installing rhos-release repos on compute nodes. Not defined by default, and `cifmw_repo_setup_rhos_release_args` is used instead.
 
 ### Advanced parameters
 Those parameters shouldn't be used, unless the user is able to understand potential issues in their environment.
diff --git a/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_computes.yml b/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_computes.yml
index 95c81347d2..091b5e127d 100644
--- a/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_computes.yml
+++ b/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_computes.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
         - cifmw_repo_setup_rhos_release_rpm is defined
       block:
         - name: Get rhos-release and setup repos
+          vars:
+            _rhos_release_args_override: "{{ cifmw_reproducer_computes_rhos_release_args }}"
           ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rhos_release.yml
 
     - name: Create repositories on computes
diff --git a/roles/reproducer/tasks/rhos_release.yml b/roles/reproducer/tasks/rhos_release.yml
index 752d1c8caf..144094c8a2 100644
--- a/roles/reproducer/tasks/rhos_release.yml
+++ b/roles/reproducer/tasks/rhos_release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 - name: Install repos
   ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: "rhos-release {{ cifmw_repo_setup_rhos_release_args | default('rhel') }}"
+    cmd: "rhos-release {{ _rhos_release_args_override | default(cifmw_repo_setup_rhos_release_args) | default('rhel') }}"
 
 - name: Run custom commands after rhos-release setup
   ansible.builtin.command: