diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
index e2f392e75e..7613c43d83 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ virt_install_command: /usr/bin/virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ me
                   ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none" 
                  --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --noautoconsole
 
+# this enables infrastructure-testing repo
+extra_enablerepos: 'infrastructure-testing'
+
 sshd_config: ssh/sshd_config.qa-stg
 sshd_port: 222
 external_hostname: qadevel-stg.cloud.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel
index 41c03d0ef3..ffab867842 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ freezes: false
 
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 222, 443, "{{ buildslave_port }}", 222]
 
+extra_enablerepos: ''
+
 sshd_port: 222
 sshd_config: ssh/sshd_config.qadevel
 
diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index 6f5b40f6c5..6624edcbf8 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-- name: ensure packages required for phabricator are installed (fedora)
-  action: yum name={{ item }} state=latest
+- name: ensure packages required for phabricator are installed (yum)
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - MySQL-python
     - git
@@ -20,6 +20,31 @@
     - libsemanage-python
     - libselinux-python
     - policycoreutils-python
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
+
+- name: ensure packages required for phabricator are installed (dnf)
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  with_items:
+    - MySQL-python
+    - git
+    - httpd
+    - mod_ssl
+    - php
+    - php-cli
+    - php-mysql
+    - php-process
+    - php-devel
+    - php-gd
+    - php-mbstring
+    - php-opcache
+    - python-pygments
+    - libphutil
+    - arcanist
+    - phabricator
+    - libsemanage-python
+    - libselinux-python
+    - policycoreutils-python
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
 - name: create mariadb user for phabricator
   mysql_user: