diff --git a/roles/0-init/tasks/main.yml b/roles/0-init/tasks/main.yml
index 8eb1668eb..1bc9584a6 100644
--- a/roles/0-init/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/0-init/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 - name: Set hostname / domain (etc) in various places
   include_tasks: hostname.yml
 
+- name: "Set ansible_collections_path to /usr/share/ansible/collections for deb install of ansible"
+  set_fact:
+    ansible_collections_path: /usr/share/ansible/collections
+  when: ansible_architecture == "i386"
+
 - name: Add 'runtime' variable values to {{ iiab_ini_file }}
   ini_file:
     path: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}"    # /etc/iiab/iiab.ini