diff --git a/dib/ironic-python-agent-ramdisk/package-installs.yaml b/dib/ironic-python-agent-ramdisk/package-installs.yaml
index dbcc67b..7b3c05a 100644
--- a/dib/ironic-python-agent-ramdisk/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/dib/ironic-python-agent-ramdisk/package-installs.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ psmisc:
 dosfstools:
 mdadm:
 efibootmgr:
+efivar:
 
 # Unnecessary packages to remove. We run all removals in pre-install phase, to
 # avoid breaking installs that happen in install phase.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-efivar-f83fdf2d797396dc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-efivar-f83fdf2d797396dc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb68c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-efivar-f83fdf2d797396dc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The efivar package was added to tinyipa and dib images.
diff --git a/tinyipa/build_files/finalreqs.lst b/tinyipa/build_files/finalreqs.lst
index 9b3a04e..a5bb845 100644
--- a/tinyipa/build_files/finalreqs.lst
+++ b/tinyipa/build_files/finalreqs.lst
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ bash.tcz
 coreutils.tcz
 dmidecode.tcz
 efibootmgr.tcz
+efivar.tcz
 file.tcz
 gdisk.tcz
 glib2.tcz
@@ -18,4 +19,4 @@ raid-dm-4.14.10-tinycore64.tcz
 scsi-4.14.10-tinycore64.tcz
 smartmontools.tcz
 udev-lib.tcz
-util-linux.tcz
\ No newline at end of file
+util-linux.tcz