diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/73498-INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP-Treat-oracle-same-as-rhel-centos.yml b/changelogs/fragments/73498-INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP-Treat-oracle-same-as-rhel-centos.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a0acf32b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/73498-INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP-Treat-oracle-same-as-rhel-centos.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP - prefer ``/usr/libexec/platform-python`` on ``oraclelinux 8`` when other pythons are present.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index 15e7e346e59..66606eeef9b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -1592,6 +1592,7 @@ INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP:
       '10': /usr/bin/python3
     fedora:
       '23': /usr/bin/python3
+    oracle: *rhelish
     redhat: *rhelish
     rhel: *rhelish
     ubuntu: