diff --git a/tests/templates/ironic-overrides.j2 b/tests/templates/ironic-overrides.j2
index 49bee50385..19aa737aa6 100644
--- a/tests/templates/ironic-overrides.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/ironic-overrides.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
 [neutron]
 cleaning_network = public1
 provisioning_network = public1
+
+# This IPMI configuration has been taken from the metal3.io ironic-image
+# project [1]. It is necessary to make IPMI reliable in Kolla Ansible Ironic
+# jobs. Without it, we saw the following error:
+#   Error setting Chassis Boot Parameter 5
+# [1] https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image/commit/6bc1499d8bb04c2c859b970b3739c3a8ed66ae2a
+[ipmi]
+# use_ipmitool_retries transfers the responsibility of retrying to ipmitool
+# when supported. If set to false, then ipmitool is called as follows :
+#    $ipmitool -R 1 -N 1 ...
+# and Ironic handles the retry loop.
+use_ipmitool_retries = true
+# The following parameters are the defaults in Ironic. They are used in the
+# following way if use_ipmitool_retries is set to true:
+#    $ipmitool -R <X> -N <Y> ...
+# where :
+#    X = command_retry_timeout / min_command_interval
+#    Y = min_command_interval
+# If use_ipmitool_retries is false, then ironic retries X times, with an
+# interval of Y in between each tries.
+min_command_interval = 5
+command_retry_timeout = 60