diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/mount_fs.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/mount_fs.yml
index 3b6e6ab5d7..77023154a2 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/mount_fs.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/mount_fs.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+- name: install the lvm2 package
+  dnf: state=present name=lvm2
+
 - name: early stat for the ext4 filesystem
   stat: path=/dev/disk/by-label/copr-repo
   register: stat_repo_fs_early