diff --git a/execution_environments/apd-ee-25.yml b/execution_environments/apd-ee-25.yml
index 2e946d7..d0668bb 100644
--- a/execution_environments/apd-ee-25.yml
+++ b/execution_environments/apd-ee-25.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ options:
 
 additional_build_steps:
   prepend_base:
+    # AgnosticD can use this to deterine it is running from an EE
+    # see https://github.com/redhat-cop/agnosticd/blob/development/ansible/install_galaxy_roles.yml
+    - ENV LAUNCHED_BY_RUNNER=1
     - RUN $PYCMD -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
     - COPY _build/rpms/openshift-clients*.rpm /tmp/openshift-clients.rpm
     - RUN $PKGMGR -y update && $PKGMGR -y install bash-completion && $PKGMGR clean all