diff --git a/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 59567b5e85a899689a70209645fc87dbbbbdcaf3..dc7886f2a699dc55f301bb12853dbe16404b1b4d 100644
--- a/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,10 @@
       apt:
         name: net-tools
         state: present
+
+- hosts: parameters-mandatory,parameters-optional
+  become: true
+  tasks:
+
+  - name: Rename the ss utility (see https://github.com/philpep/testinfra/pull/320)
+    command: "mv /bin/ss /bin/ss.bak"