diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e84b7353cf3..8c116a3ad24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo make install
     - name: Verify templates match `limactl edit` format
       run: |
-        find templates -name '*.yaml' -exec limactl edit --set 'del(.nothing)' {} \;
+        find templates -name '*.yaml' -not \( -path "templates/ansible/*" -prune \) -exec limactl edit --set 'del(.nothing)' {} \;
         git diff-index --exit-code HEAD
     - name: Uninstall
       run: sudo make uninstall
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Validate jsonschema
       run: make schema-limayaml.json
     - name: Validate templates
-      run: find -L templates -name '*.yaml' | xargs limactl validate
+      run: find -L templates -name '*.yaml' -not \( -path "templates/ansible/*" -prune \) | xargs limactl validate
     - name: Install test dependencies
       # QEMU:      required by Lima itself
       # bash:      required by test-templates.sh (OS version of bash is too old)
diff --git a/templates/README.md b/templates/README.md
index 585b49fac3a..26331b4363d 100644
--- a/templates/README.md
+++ b/templates/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Distro:
 - [`experimental/opensuse-tumbleweed`](./experimental/opensuse-tumbleweed.yaml): [experimental] openSUSE Tumbleweed
 - [`experimental/debian-sid`](./experimental/debian-sid.yaml): [experimental] Debian Sid
 
+Provisioning:
+- [`ansible`](./ansible.yaml): Ansible, using [playbook.yaml](./ansible/playbook.yaml)
+
 Container engines:
 - [`apptainer`](./apptainer.yaml): Apptainer
 - [`apptainer-rootful`](./apptainer-rootful.yaml): Apptainer (rootful)
diff --git a/templates/ansible.yaml b/templates/ansible.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94206a58cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ansible.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+minimumLimaVersion: "1.0.0"
+images:
+# Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release-20250313/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+  arch: "x86_64"
+  digest: "sha256:eacac65efe9e9bae0cbcb3f9d5c2b5e8c5313fa78a3bc401c3fb28b2d48cefc0"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release-20250313/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  arch: "aarch64"
+  digest: "sha256:103f31c5a5b7f031a60ce3555c8fbd56317fd8ffbaaa7e17002879e6157d546d"
+# Fallback to the latest release image.
+# Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+  arch: "x86_64"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  arch: "aarch64"
+mounts:
+- location: "~"
+- location: "/tmp/lima"
+  writable: true
+
+provision:
+- mode: ansible
+  playbook: ./templates/ansible/playbook.yaml
+message: |
+  To run `ansible` on the host (assumes ansible is installed), run the following commands:
+  ------
+  export ANSIBLE_INVENTORY="{{.Dir}}/ansible-inventory.yaml"
+  # To see the inventory: `ansible-inventory --list --yaml`
+
+  ansible all -m ping
+  ------
diff --git a/templates/ansible/README.md b/templates/ansible/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32aa6e261ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ansible/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Ansible
+
+Playbook example from:
+
+<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/getting_started/get_started_playbook.html>
+
+Template example from:
+
+<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_templating.html>
diff --git a/templates/ansible/playbook.yaml b/templates/ansible/playbook.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca42abb8001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ansible/playbook.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: My first play
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+  - name: Ping my hosts
+    ansible.builtin.ping:
+
+  - name: Print message
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: Hello world
+  roles:
+  - hostname
diff --git a/templates/ansible/roles/hostname/tasks/main.yaml b/templates/ansible/roles/hostname/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93319a802f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ansible/roles/hostname/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: write hostname using jinja2
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+     src: templates/test.j2
+     dest: /tmp/hostname
diff --git a/templates/ansible/roles/hostname/templates/test.j2 b/templates/ansible/roles/hostname/templates/test.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7ac13743c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ansible/roles/hostname/templates/test.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+My name is {{ ansible_facts['hostname'] }}