diff --git a/files/rpms/cinder b/files/rpms/cinder
index 2c7b45baaf..3bc4e7ae72 100644
--- a/files/rpms/cinder
+++ b/files/rpms/cinder
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 iscsi-initiator-utils
 lvm2
 qemu-img
-scsi-target-utils # not:rhel7,f24,f25 NOPRIME
-targetcli # dist:rhel7,f24,f25 NOPRIME
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+scsi-target-utils # not:rhel7,f24,f25,f26 NOPRIME
+targetcli # dist:rhel7,f24,f25,f26 NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index 1393d18328..2443cc8cd7 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ git-core
 graphviz # needed only for docs
 httpd
 httpd-devel
-iptables-services  # NOPRIME f23,f24,f25
+iptables-services  # NOPRIME f23,f24,f25,f26
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless  # NOPRIME rhel7
-java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless  # NOPRIME f23,f24,f25
+java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless  # NOPRIME f23,f24,f25,f26
 libffi-devel
 libjpeg-turbo-devel # Pillow 3.0.0
 libxml2-devel # lxml
diff --git a/files/rpms/nova b/files/rpms/nova
index a368c552aa..632e796d07 100644
--- a/files/rpms/nova
+++ b/files/rpms/nova
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gawk
 genisoimage # required for config_drive
 iptables
 iputils
-kernel-modules # dist:f23,f24,f25
+kernel-modules # dist:f23,f24,f25,f26
 kpartx
 libxml2-python
 m2crypto
diff --git a/files/rpms/swift b/files/rpms/swift
index 2f12df0e3b..2e09cec28f 100644
--- a/files/rpms/swift
+++ b/files/rpms/swift
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ curl
 liberasurecode-devel
 memcached
 pyxattr
-rsync-daemon # dist:f23,f24,f25
+rsync-daemon # dist:f23,f24,f25,f26
 sqlite
 xfsprogs
 xinetd
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
index 3e38b898ec..8d74c77517 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
@@ -73,15 +73,7 @@ function install_libvirt {
         #pip_install_gr <there-si-no-guestfs-in-pypi>
     elif is_fedora || is_suse; then
         # On "KVM for IBM z Systems", kvm does not have its own package
-        if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ "kvmibm1" && ! ${DISTRO} =~ "rhel7" ]]; then
-            install_package kvm
-        fi
-
-        if [[ ${DISTRO} =~ "rhel7" ]]; then
-            # This should install the latest qemu-kvm build,
-            # which is called qemu-kvm-ev in centos7
-            # (as the default OS qemu-kvm package is usually rather old,
-            # and should be updated by above)
+        if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ "kvmibm1" ]]; then
             install_package qemu-kvm
         fi
 
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 018ed3e3cc..391f272cd8 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ write_devstack_version
 
 # Warn users who aren't on an explicitly supported distro, but allow them to
 # override check and attempt installation with ``FORCE=yes ./stack``
-if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (xenial|yakkety|zesty|stretch|jessie|f24|f25|opensuse-42.2|opensuse-42.3|rhel7|kvmibm1) ]]; then
+if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (xenial|yakkety|zesty|stretch|jessie|f24|f25|f26|opensuse-42.2|opensuse-42.3|rhel7|kvmibm1) ]]; then
     echo "WARNING: this script has not been tested on $DISTRO"
     if [[ "$FORCE" != "yes" ]]; then
         die $LINENO "If you wish to run this script anyway run with FORCE=yes"