diff --git a/bind/defaults/main.yml b/bind/defaults/main.yml
index 4008b394..99b33e13 100644
--- a/bind/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/bind/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 bind_recursive_server: False
 bind_authoritative_server: True
 bind_chroot_set: True
-bind_chroot_path: /var/chroot-bind
+# Until chroot-bind.sh is migrated to ansible, we hardcode the chroot paths.
+#bind_chroot_path: /var/chroot-bind
 bind_systemd_service_path: /etc/systemd/system/bind9.service
 bind_statistics_file: /var/run/named.stats
 bind_log_file: /var/log/bind.log
 bind_query_file: /var/log/bind_queries.log
-bind_cache_dir: /var/cache/bind
\ No newline at end of file
+bind_cache_dir: /var/cache/bind
diff --git a/bind/tasks/main.yml b/bind/tasks/main.yml
index b7a0f6bd..59291143 100644
--- a/bind/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/bind/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# Until chroot-bind.sh is migrated to ansible, we hardcode the chroot paths.
+- name: set chroot variables
+  set_fact:
+     bind_log_file: /var/log/bind.log
+     bind_query_file: /var/log/bind_queries.log
+     bind_cache_dir: /var/cache/bind
+     bind_statistics_file: /var/run/named.stats
+     bind_chroot_path: /var/chroot-bind
+  when: bind_chroot_set
+
 - name: package are installed
   apt:
     name: '{{ item }}'