diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
index 8bca1d25c0..371fa129b8 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present enablerepo=epel-testing
   with_items:
   - mirrormanager2-mirrorlist
+  - python-IPy
   tags:
   - packages
   - mirrorlist2
 
+- name: make sure mirrorlist-server is enabled (but not started yet in case we do not have pkl)
+  service: name=mirrorlist-server enabled=yes
+  tags:
+  - mirrorlist2
+
 # install mirrorlist-server.conf apache config
 - name: mirrorlist-server apache conf
   template: src=mirrorlist-server.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/mirrorlist-server.conf