diff --git a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
index ed9e8adc3f..fd388684cb 100755
--- a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
+++ b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ fi
 
 # Add keepalived-octavia element
 AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence keepalived-octavia"
+AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence ipvsadmin"
 
 # Add pip-cache element
 AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence pip-cache"
diff --git a/elements/ipvsadmin/README.rst b/elements/ipvsadmin/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cf3103253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ipvsadmin/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Element to install ipvsadmin.
+
+
diff --git a/elements/ipvsadmin/element-deps b/elements/ipvsadmin/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73015c249e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ipvsadmin/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+package-installs
+pkg-map
diff --git a/elements/ipvsadmin/package-installs.json b/elements/ipvsadmin/package-installs.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c0982e44f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ipvsadmin/package-installs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "ipvsadm": null
+}
diff --git a/elements/ipvsadmin/svc-map b/elements/ipvsadmin/svc-map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a75033b4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ipvsadmin/svc-map
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ipvsadmin:
+  default: ipvsadmin