diff --git a/tasks/yumrepos.yml b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
index d88fd3e9dd..3911978daa 100644
--- a/tasks/yumrepos.yml
+++ b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   with_items:
   - epel6.repo
   - rhel6.repo
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 6
+  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 6
   tags:
   - config
   - packages
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   with_items:
   - epel7.repo
   - rhel7.repo
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
+  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
   tags:
   - config
   - packages