diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/utility_all.yml b/inventory/group_vars/utility_all.yml
index 67cd205a67..e483a9245a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/utility_all.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/utility_all.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ utility_distro_openstack_clients_packages:
     - python3-novaclient
     - python3-cinderclient
     - python3-openstackclient
+    - "{{ (ansible_os_family | lower == 'redhat') | ternary('python3-PyMySQL', 'python3-pymysql') }}"
 
 # Python packages to be installed into the utility container
 utility_pip_packages:
diff --git a/playbooks/utility-install.yml b/playbooks/utility-install.yml
index d6dc700279..4544ac6327 100644
--- a/playbooks/utility-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/utility-install.yml
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@
           yum_repository:
             name: epel-utility
             baseurl: "{{ centos_epel_mirror | default('http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel') ~ '/'
-                                                      ~ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] ~ '/'
+                                                      ~ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] ~ '/Everything/'
                                                       ~ ansible_facts['architecture'] }}"
-            description: 'Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch'
+            description: "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux {{ ansible_facts['ansible_distribution_major_version'] }} - $basearch"
             gpgcheck: yes
             enabled: yes
             state: present