diff --git a/roles/virthost/files/rhel7-os.repo b/roles/virthost/files/rhel7-os.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0e379ed36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/virthost/files/rhel7-os.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[rhel7-os]
+name = rhel7 os $basearch
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/repo/rhel/rhel7/$basearch/rhel-7-openstack-7.0-rpms
+includepkgs=qemu*
+gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
diff --git a/roles/virthost/tasks/main.yml b/roles/virthost/tasks/main.yml
index ddba767c7e..44c1df1a9a 100644
--- a/roles/virthost/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/virthost/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,19 @@
   - packages
   when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 6
 
+- name: install openstack 7 repo file
+  copy: src=rhel7-os.repo dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/rhel7-os.repo
+  tags:
+  - repos
+  - rhel7-os-repo
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
+
 - name: install libvirt packages on rhel7 virthosts
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
-  - qemu-kvm
+  - qemu-kvm-rhev
+  - qemu-kvm-tools-rhev
+  - qemu-img-rhev
   - libvirt
   - virt-install
   tags: