diff --git a/elements/gearman/element-deps b/elements/gearman/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33d7e82b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/gearman/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+os-refresh-config
diff --git a/elements/gearman/os-refresh-config/pre-configure.d/97-gearman-iptables b/elements/gearman/os-refresh-config/pre-configure.d/97-gearman-iptables
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cb1adb477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/gearman/os-refresh-config/pre-configure.d/97-gearman-iptables
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+OK=/opt/stack/gearman-iptables.ok
+
+if [ -e $OK ] ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+DISTRO=`lsb_release -si` || true
+
+if [[ "Fedora" = $DISTRO ]]; then
+
+    # Check if the iptables service is active
+    if systemctl is-active iptables.service ; then
+        IPT_FILE=/etc/sysconfig/iptables
+        if [ -f $IPT_FILE ]; then
+            iptables-restore < $IPT_FILE
+        fi
+
+        # Gearman server
+        iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 4730 -j ACCEPT
+
+        iptables-save > $IPT_FILE
+
+    fi
+
+fi
+
+touch $OK