diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
index d92c1e1876..a3711c79a5 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ openqa_repo: updates-testing
 # we are all NFS workers for now at least
 openqa_nfs_worker: true
 
+# qemu build with fix for snapshots on qxl; not a scratch build,
+# just getting it deployed ahead of the updates-testing push
+openqa_scratch: ["78533572"]
+
 deployment_type: stg
 freezes: false
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
index 5ec254a2a2..03f98b5d67 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ openqa_env: production
 # we are all NFS workers for now at least
 openqa_nfs_worker: true
 
+# qemu build with fix for snapshots on qxl; not a scratch build,
+# just getting it deployed ahead of the updates-testing push
+openqa_scratch: ["78533572"]
+
 deployment_type: prod
 freezes: false