diff --git a/roles/taskotron/imagefactory-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/imagefactory-client/tasks/main.yml
index 1f804c06dd..329112a60e 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/imagefactory-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/imagefactory-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 ---
+- name: ensure packages required for imagefactory are installed (dnf)
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  with_items:
+      - python-libguestfs
+      - libguestfs-tools
+      - qemu-img
+
 - name: create directory for git clone
   file: path=/var/lib/fedoraqa state=directory owner=root group=root mode=1755