diff --git a/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp b/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp
index 8fe938c83..f883e72a9 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ class nova::compute::libvirt::services (
     -> Service<| title == 'libvirt' |>
     -> Service<| title == 'nova-compute'|>
 
+    if $facts['os']['family'] == 'RedHat' {
+      package { 'libvirt-daemon':
+        ensure => present,
+        name   => $::nova::params::libvirt_daemon_package_name,
+        tag    => ['openstack', 'nova-support-package'],
+      }
+    }
   } else {
     # NOTE(tkajinam): libvirt should be stopped before starting modular daemons
     Service<| title == 'libvirt' |> -> Service<| tag == 'libvirt-modular-service' |>
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 785e770f9..8090daf22 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class nova::params {
       $doc_package_name                  = 'openstack-nova-doc'
       $libvirt_package_name              = 'libvirt'
       $libvirt_guests_package_name       = 'libvirt-client'
+      $libvirt_daemon_package_name       = 'libvirt-daemon'
       $libvirt_daemon_package_prefix     = 'libvirt-daemon-'
       $libvirt_nwfilter_package_name     = 'libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter'
       $scheduler_package_name            = 'openstack-nova-scheduler'