diff --git a/playbooks/meta.yml b/playbooks/meta.yml
index 39970c1..2154bd7 100644
--- a/playbooks/meta.yml
+++ b/playbooks/meta.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,54 @@
 ---
+- name: Bootstrap remote ansible environment
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: false
+  become: true
+  tags:
+    - always
+    - meta
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+  tasks:
+    - name: Clean bootstrap virtualenv
+      when: omni_force_reinstall is defined
+      file:
+        path: "{{ omni_ansible_venv }}"
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Create bootstrap virtualenv
+      command:
+        cmd: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -m venv {{ omni_ansible_venv }} --system-site-packages"
+        creates: "{{ omni_ansible_venv }}/bin/python"
+
+    - name: Generate remote requirements file locally
+      become: false
+      delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
+      command:
+        cmd: poetry export --format requirements.txt
+      changed_when: false
+      register: _poetry_requirements
+
+    - name: Copy remote requirements file
+      blockinfile:
+        path: "{{ omni_ansible_venv }}/req.txt"
+        create: true
+        block: "{{ _poetry_requirements.stdout_lines | join('\n') }}"
+
+    - name: Install remote requirements
+      pip:
+        executable: "{{ omni_ansible_venv }}/bin/pip"
+        requirements: "{{ omni_ansible_venv }}/req.txt"
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Assign ownership of the virtualenv to ansible
+      file:
+        path: "{{ omni_ansible_venv }}"
+        state: directory
+        owner: ansible
+        group: ansible
+        recurse: true
+        follow: false
+
 - name: Check meta environment
   hosts: all
   tags:
@@ -11,10 +61,12 @@
         that:
           - omni_os.name == ansible_distribution | lower
           - omni_os.version_major == ansible_distribution_major_version
-        fail_msg: "Host does not meet required OS specified"
-        success_msg: "Required OS validation succeeded"
+        fail_msg: "Remote is running OS '{{ ansible_distribution }} {{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}', expected '{{ omni_os.name }} {{ omni_os.version_major }}'"
+        success_msg: "Remote is running expected OS '{{ ansible_distribution }} {{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}'"
 
-    - name: Enforce python interpreter
-      when: ansible_distribution != "CentOS" and ansible_distribution_major_version != "7"
-      set_fact:
-        ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+    - name: Check required interpreter settings
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - ansible_python_interpreter.startswith(omni_ansible_venv) is true
+        fail_msg: "Interpreter '{{ ansible_python_interpreter }}' is not in the expected venv '{{ omni_ansible_venv }}'"
+        success_msg: "Interpreter '{{ ansible_python_interpreter }}' is in the expected venv"