diff --git a/Schutzfile b/Schutzfile
index 023ad6786..08d6581a2 100644
--- a/Schutzfile
+++ b/Schutzfile
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
     },
     "dependants": {
       "koji-osbuild": {
-        "commit": "4fdc457745e1147475ea3ac1e3b073e592d7b174"
+        "commit": "4fdc457745e1147475ea3ac1e3b073e592d7b174",
+        "pre_install_packages": [
+          "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm"
+        ]
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/schutzbot/deploy.sh b/schutzbot/deploy.sh
index 143031d70..c116b8e92 100755
--- a/schutzbot/deploy.sh
+++ b/schutzbot/deploy.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ fi
 if [[ "$PROJECT" != "osbuild-composer" ]]; then
   PROJECT_COMMIT=$(jq -r ".[\"${ID}-${VERSION_ID}\"].dependants[\"${PROJECT}\"].commit" Schutzfile)
   setup_repo "${PROJECT}" "${PROJECT_COMMIT}" 10
+
+  # Get a list of packages needed to be preinstalled before "${PROJECT}-tests".
+  # Useful mainly for EPEL.
+  PRE_INSTALL_PACKAGES=$(jq -r ".[\"${ID}-${VERSION_ID}\"].dependants[\"${PROJECT}\"].pre_install_packages[]?" Schutzfile)
+
+  if [ "${PRE_INSTALL_PACKAGES}" ]; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # We need to pass multiple arguments here.
+    sudo dnf -y install ${PRE_INSTALL_PACKAGES}
+  fi
 fi
 
 if [[ $ID == rhel ]]; then