diff --git a/elements/fedora/element-deps b/elements/fedora/element-deps
index 5411fe644..035d18cf6 100644
--- a/elements/fedora/element-deps
+++ b/elements/fedora/element-deps
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ cache-url
 dkms
 yum
 rpm-distro
+source-repositories
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/elements/fedora/pre-install.d/02-lsb b/elements/fedora/pre-install.d/02-lsb
index 054ed8cb0..d4fb1f3de 100755
--- a/elements/fedora/pre-install.d/02-lsb
+++ b/elements/fedora/pre-install.d/02-lsb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-exec install-packages redhat-lsb-core
+set -eu
+
+install -m 0755 -o root -g root /opt/stack/lsb-release/lsb_release /usr/local/bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/elements/fedora/source-repository-fedora b/elements/fedora/source-repository-fedora
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d6a0c857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/fedora/source-repository-fedora
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lsb-release file /opt/stack/lsb-release/lsb_release https://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/lsb/devel/si/download/head:/lsb_release-20060624065236-gakl5b7e37gwk5mg-12/lsb_release