diff --git a/roles/run-evacuate-hook/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/run-evacuate-hook/tasks/main.yaml
index 9ca444a86708..9d6d7c59f3eb 100644
--- a/roles/run-evacuate-hook/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/run-evacuate-hook/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
     state: stopped
   when: qagtstatus.rc | int == 0
 
+- name: Make sure lxml is installed
+  delegate_to: compute1
+  become: true
+  package:
+    name: python3-lxml
+    state: present
+
 - name: Register running domains on subnode
   delegate_to: compute1
   become: true