diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel90/distro_test.go b/internal/distro/rhel90/distro_test.go
index 0f9f80363..7dd99fef3 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel90/distro_test.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel90/distro_test.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func TestImageType_BasePackages(t *testing.T) {
 				"oddjob-mkhomedir",
 				"psmisc",
 				"python3-jsonschema",
+				"qemu-guest-agent",
 				"redhat-release",
 				"redhat-release-eula",
 				"rsync",
diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel90/packages.go b/internal/distro/rhel90/packages.go
index 8efff7b11..37f47094f 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel90/packages.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel90/packages.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ var packages = struct {
 			"oddjob-mkhomedir",
 			"psmisc",
 			"python3-jsonschema",
+			"qemu-guest-agent",
 			"redhat-release",
 			"redhat-release-eula",
 			"rsync",