diff --git a/elements/contrail-repo/README.md b/elements/contrail-repo/README.md
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+Enables the Contrail repository.
+
+This element requires the $CONTRAIL_URL variable set to specify a path to a
+contrail-install-packages package to be installed.
+
+This elements currently only works on a RHEL based system.
diff --git a/elements/contrail-repo/element-deps b/elements/contrail-repo/element-deps
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+pip-manifest
+rdo-release
diff --git a/elements/contrail-repo/post-install.d/10-contrail-setup b/elements/contrail-repo/post-install.d/10-contrail-setup
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+
+/opt/contrail/contrail_packages/setup.sh
diff --git a/elements/contrail-repo/pre-install.d/10-contrail-repo b/elements/contrail-repo/pre-install.d/10-contrail-repo
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+
+export CONTRAIL_URL=${CONTRAIL_URL:-""}
+
+if [ -z "$CONTRAIL_URL" ]; then
+  echo "One should specify an HTTP URL to the contrail-install-packages for this element to work"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+yum -y install $CONTRAIL_URL