diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-dev b/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-dev
index fe63734272..89fad4a9e4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-dev
@@ -166,5 +166,7 @@ slave_packages_fedora:
 
 # Packages installed only on CentOS Jenkins slaves
 slave_packages_centos:
+# "setup" is just a placeholder value
+- setup
 # el7-only
 #    - python-webob1.4   # Required by bodhi2