diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 14f3d5f3..bb77692e 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ git               [platform:gentoo]
 # For SELinux
 libselinux-python3  [platform:redhat]
 libsemanage-python3 [platform:redhat]
+iptables [platform:redhat]
diff --git a/run_tests_common.sh b/run_tests_common.sh
index 2ad5a694..28b51012 100755
--- a/run_tests_common.sh
+++ b/run_tests_common.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ case "${ID,,}" in
         # tox later installing virtualenv as a dependancy with pip, and breaking later tests with
         # openstack_hosts which correctly install the python-virtualenv distro package
         [[ "${VERSION_ID}" == "7" ]] && extra_redhat_deps="python-virtualenv"
+        [[ "${VERSION_ID}" == "8" ]] && sudo alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3
         pkg_list="python3-devel redhat-lsb-core yum-utils ${extra_redhat_deps:-}"
         ;;
     fedora)
diff --git a/test-ansible-env-prep.sh b/test-ansible-env-prep.sh
index bc8b5eb1..dd7dfe83 100755
--- a/test-ansible-env-prep.sh
+++ b/test-ansible-env-prep.sh
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@ function setup_ara {
   [[ -L "${ANSIBLE_PLUGIN_DIR}/callback/ara" ]] && return 0
 
   # Dynamically figure out the location of ARA (ex: py2 vs py3)
-  ara_location=$(python -c "import os,ara; print(os.path.dirname(ara.__file__))")
+  ara_location=$(python -m ara.setup.callback_plugins 2>/dev/null)
 
-  echo "Linking ${ANSIBLE_PLUGIN_DIR}/callback/ara to ${ara_location}/plugins/callbacks/"
+  echo "Linking ${ara_location} to ${ANSIBLE_PLUGIN_DIR}/callback/ara"
   mkdir -p "${ANSIBLE_PLUGIN_DIR}/callback/ara"
-  ln -sf "${ara_location}/plugins/callbacks" "${ANSIBLE_PLUGIN_DIR}/callback/ara/"
+  if [ -d ${ara_location} ]; then
+    ln -sf "${ara_location}" "${ANSIBLE_PLUGIN_DIR}/callback/ara/"
+  fi
 
 }
 
@@ -188,12 +190,22 @@ else
   PIP_OPTS+=" --constraint ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:-https://opendev.org/openstack/requirements/raw/${TESTING_BRANCH}/upper-constraints.txt}"
 fi
 
+source /etc/os-release || source /usr/lib/os-release
+# Install selinux into venv
+if [[ ${ID,,} =~ (centos|rhel|fedora) ]]; then
+    PIP_OPTS+=" selinux"
+fi
+
 # Install ARA from source if running in ARA gate, otherwise install from PyPi
 ARA_SRC_HOME="${TESTING_HOME}/src/opendev.org/recordsansible/ara"
 if [[ -d "${ARA_SRC_HOME}" ]]; then
   PIP_OPTS+=" ${ARA_SRC_HOME}"
 else
-  PIP_OPTS+=" ara<1.0.0"
+  if [[ ${VERSION_ID} == "8" && ${ID} == "centos" ]]; then
+    PIP_OPTS+=" ara<1.0.0;python_version<'3.0' ara[server];python_version>='3.0'"
+  else
+    PIP_OPTS+=" ara<1.0.0"
+  fi
 fi
 
 # Install all python packages
@@ -252,18 +264,3 @@ fi
 
 # Setup ARA
 setup_ara
-
-# Ensure that SElinux bindings are linked into the venv
-source /etc/os-release || source /usr/lib/os-release
-if [[ ${ID,,} =~ (centos|rhel|fedora) ]]; then
-  if [ "${ID}" == "fedora" ]; then
-    SELINUX_PKG="python2-libselinux"
-  else
-    SELINUX_PKG="libselinux-python"
-  fi
-
-  PYTHON_FOLDER=$(find ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/lib -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "python*")
-  SELINUX_FOLDER=$(rpm -ql ${SELINUX_PKG} | egrep '^.*python2.7.*/(site|dist)-packages/selinux$')
-  echo "RHEL variant found. Linking ${PYTHON_FOLDER}/site-packages/selinux to ${SELINUX_FOLDER}..."
-  ln -sfn ${SELINUX_FOLDER} ${PYTHON_FOLDER}/site-packages/selinux
-fi
diff --git a/test-log-collect.sh b/test-log-collect.sh
index 8159b51a..44c63fdd 100755
--- a/test-log-collect.sh
+++ b/test-log-collect.sh
@@ -200,11 +200,20 @@ store_artifacts /var/log/ "${WORKING_DIR}/logs/host"
 # As this script is not run through tox, and the tox envs are all
 # different names, we need to try and find the right path to execute
 # ARA from.
-ARA_CMD="$(find ${WORKING_DIR}/.tox -path "*/bin/ara" -type f | head -n 1)"
+source /etc/os-release || source /usr/lib/os-release
+
+if [[ ${VERSION_ID} == "8" && ${ID} == "centos" ]]; then
+  #centos-8 is pinned to ara>=1.0
+  ARA_CMD="$(find ${WORKING_DIR}/.tox -path "*/bin/ara-manage" -type f | head -n 1)"
+  ARA_OPTIONS="generate ${WORKING_DIR}/logs/ara-report"
+else
+  ARA_CMD="$(find ${WORKING_DIR}/.tox -path "*/bin/ara" -type f | head -n 1)"
+  ARA_OPTIONS="generate html ${WORKING_DIR}/logs/ara-report"
+fi
 
 if [[ "${ARA_CMD}" != "" ]]; then
-  echo "Generating ARA static html report."
-  ${ARA_CMD} generate html "${WORKING_DIR}/logs/ara-report"
+    echo "Generating ARA static html report."
+    ${ARA_CMD} ${ARA_OPTIONS}
 fi
 
 # Store the ara sqlite database in the openstack-ci expected path
@@ -254,7 +263,7 @@ rename_files
 
 # If we could not find ARA, assume it was not installed
 # and skip all the related activities.
-if [[ "${ARA_CMD}" != "" ]]; then
+if [[ "${ARA_CMD}" != "" && ! (${VERSION_ID} == "8" && ${ID} == "centos") ]]; then
     # Generate the ARA subunit report so that the
     # results reflect in OpenStack-Health
     mkdir -vp "${WORKING_DIR}/logs/ara-data"
diff --git a/tests/host_vars/localhost.yml b/tests/host_vars/localhost.yml
index 501b20a6..c44d403e 100644
--- a/tests/host_vars/localhost.yml
+++ b/tests/host_vars/localhost.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ bridges:
     ip_addr: "10.1.2.1"
     veth_peer: "veth-test"
 
-ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python2"
+ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"