diff --git a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
index 7eaeff2919..33a676286b 100644
--- a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
   tags:
   - packages
 
+- name: install node_exporter
+  dnf: state=latest pkg=golang-github-prometheus-node-exporter
+  tags:
+  - packages
+
 - name: install dev helper packages
   dnf:
     state: present
@@ -109,5 +114,8 @@
   when: aws_ipv6_addr is defined
   tags: ipv6_config
 
+- name: start node exporter
+  service: state=started enabled=yes name=node_exporter
+
 # - name: enable and run logrotate service
 #   service: name="logrotate" state=started
diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
index 1a2eac5eca..8f14955514 100644
--- a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
       - rdiff-backup
       - scl-utils-build
       - tmpwatch
-      - golang-github-prometheus-node-exporter
 
 - name: install latest dist-git and copr-dist-git
   dnf:
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@
   - "httpd"
   - "dist-git.socket"
   - "copr-dist-git"
-  - "node_exporter"
   when: not services_disabled|bool
 
 - name: create place for our custom SELinux policy