diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 3151e9d..457b9d3 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@
         - ipa-tempest-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-iscsi-tinyipa-src
         - ironic-python-agent-check-image-tinyipa
         - ironic-python-agent-check-image-dib-centos8
+        - ironic-python-agent-check-image-dib-centos7:
+            voting: false
         - ironic-python-agent-check-image-dib-fedora:
             voting: false
         - ironic-python-agent-check-image-dib-ubuntu:
diff --git a/roles/ipa-build-dib-image/tasks/install.yaml b/roles/ipa-build-dib-image/tasks/install.yaml
index d842bdf..8d7d9ce 100644
--- a/roles/ipa-build-dib-image/tasks/install.yaml
+++ b/roles/ipa-build-dib-image/tasks/install.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,14 @@
     name: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/diskimage-builder'].src_dir }}"
   become: true
   when: dib_from_source
+
+# NOTE(dtantsur): work around the issue in older DIB versions when some
+# elements try to use the default Python instead of the one DIB is using,
+# failing with "No module named yaml"
+- name: Install PyYAML in Python 2
+  pip:
+    name: PyYAML
+    extra_args: -c "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/requirements'].src_dir }}/upper-constraints.txt"
+    executable: pip2
+  become: true
+  ignore_errors: true