diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/mellanox/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/mellanox/element-deps
index 73015c249..90b8a0759 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/mellanox/element-deps
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/mellanox/element-deps
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+epel
 package-installs
 pkg-map