diff --git a/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps b/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps
index 752a47929..4f21b6a06 100644
--- a/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps
+++ b/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+epel
 yum-minimal
+