diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index 736dbb401..0561a202b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ required_packages_ubuntu:
   - wget
   - genisoimage
   - kpartx
+  - qemu-utils
 http_boot_folder: /httpboot
 ironicclient_source_install: false
 shade_source_install: true
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
index 53c78b0ef..b8ec6a184 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   when: testing is defined and testing == true
   with_items:
     - libvirt-bin
-    - qemu-utils
     - qemu-kvm
     - sgabios
 - name: "Ensuring /opt/stack is present"