diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel85/pipelines.go b/internal/distro/rhel85/pipelines.go
index 753638d50..331c8c86a 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel85/pipelines.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel85/pipelines.go
@@ -882,7 +882,9 @@ func anacondaTreePipeline(repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig, packages []rpmmd.PackageSpec
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewUsersStage(usersStageOptions))
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewAnacondaStage(anacondaStageOptions()))
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewLoraxScriptStage(loraxScriptStageOptions(arch)))
-	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewDracutStage(dracutStageOptions(kernelVer)))
+	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewDracutStage(dracutStageOptions(kernelVer, []string{
+		"anaconda",
+	})))
 
 	return p
 }
diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel85/stage_options.go b/internal/distro/rhel85/stage_options.go
index d08827aa4..82633a16d 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel85/stage_options.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel85/stage_options.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func loraxScriptStageOptions(arch string) *osbuild.LoraxScriptStageOptions {
 	}
 }
 
-func dracutStageOptions(kernelVer string) *osbuild.DracutStageOptions {
+func dracutStageOptions(kernelVer string, additionalModules []string) *osbuild.DracutStageOptions {
 	kernel := []string{kernelVer}
 	modules := []string{
 		"bash",
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ func dracutStageOptions(kernelVer string) *osbuild.DracutStageOptions {
 		"plymouth",
 		"prefixdevname",
 		"prefixdevname-tools",
-		"anaconda",
 		"crypt",
 		"dm",
 		"dmsquash-live",
@@ -229,6 +228,7 @@ func dracutStageOptions(kernelVer string) *osbuild.DracutStageOptions {
 		"shutdown",
 		"uefi-lib",
 	}
+	modules = append(modules, additionalModules...)
 	return &osbuild.DracutStageOptions{
 		Kernel:  kernel,
 		Modules: modules,
diff --git a/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-image_installer-boot.json b/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-image_installer-boot.json
index fdac064dd..81bff8728 100644
--- a/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-image_installer-boot.json
+++ b/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-image_installer-boot.json
@@ -1778,7 +1778,6 @@
                 "plymouth",
                 "prefixdevname",
                 "prefixdevname-tools",
-                "anaconda",
                 "crypt",
                 "dm",
                 "dmsquash-live",
@@ -1808,7 +1807,8 @@
                 "fs-lib",
                 "img-lib",
                 "shutdown",
-                "uefi-lib"
+                "uefi-lib",
+                "anaconda"
               ],
               "install": [
                 "/.buildstamp"