diff --git a/elements/epel/element-deps b/elements/epel/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7076aba94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/epel/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-installs
diff --git a/elements/epel/package-installs.yaml b/elements/epel/package-installs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d45f1063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/epel/package-installs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+wget:
+  phase: pre-install.d