diff --git a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
index 7b22966fd5..8c4ab7ff01 100644
--- a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # fas-clients is in the infrastructure repo. 
 # nss_db is needed to store user/group info.
 #
-- name: install package needed for fas-client
+- name: install package needed for fas-client (yum)
   yum: state=present name={{ item }}
   with_items:
   - fas-clients
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
   tags:
   - packages
   - fas_client
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
+
+- name: install package needed for fas-client (dnf)
+  dnf: state=present name={{ item }}
+  with_items:
+  - fas-clients
+  - cronie
+  tags:
+  - packages
+  - fas_client
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
 - name: install nss_db on rhel hosts only
   yum: state=present name=nss_db