diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg
index 945b2993ea..efa94c41cb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 
 odcs_allowed_source_types: ["tag", "raw_config", "module"]
 odcs_pungi_runroot_enabled: True
-odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client"]
+odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client", "kernel"]
 odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_tag: f26-build
 odcs_pungi_runroot_target_dir_url: http://kojipkgs.stg.fedoraproject.org/compose/odcs
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg
index a3f0154d06..0cb9af19bf 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 
 odcs_allowed_source_types: ["tag", "raw_config", "module"]
 odcs_pungi_runroot_enabled: True
-odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client"]
+odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client", "kernel"]
 odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_tag: f26-build
 odcs_pungi_runroot_target_dir_url: http://kojipkgs.stg.fedoraproject.org/compose/odcs