diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
index 4da8264afd..515527a140 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@
   local_action: fail msg="Current Ansible version {{ ansible_version.full }} is less than {{ ansible_version_min }}"
   run_once: true
   when: ansible_version.full | version_compare(ansible_version_min, '<')
+
+- name: Checking jinja2-py version
+  command: "{{ ansible_python.executable }} -c \"import jinja2; print jinja2.__version__\""
+  register: result
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: result | failed or
+               result.stdout | version_compare(jinja2_py_version_min, '<', strict=True)
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
index fd2237209d..027fc3e516 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 docker_version_min: '1.10.0'
 docker_py_version_min: '1.6.0'
 ansible_version_min: '2.0.0'
+jinja2_py_version_min: '2.8.0'