diff --git a/internal/distro/fedora30/distro.go b/internal/distro/fedora30/distro.go
index dd82aaaa9..25ef9e9b8 100644
--- a/internal/distro/fedora30/distro.go
+++ b/internal/distro/fedora30/distro.go
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func New() *Fedora30 {
 			"qemu-img",
 			"systemd",
 			"tar",
+			"xz",
 		},
 		arches: map[string]arch{
 			"x86_64": arch{
diff --git a/internal/distro/fedora31/distro.go b/internal/distro/fedora31/distro.go
index eaacccd55..afa804b7f 100644
--- a/internal/distro/fedora31/distro.go
+++ b/internal/distro/fedora31/distro.go
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func New() *Fedora31 {
 			"qemu-img",
 			"systemd",
 			"tar",
+			"xz",
 		},
 		arches: map[string]arch{
 			"x86_64": arch{
diff --git a/internal/distro/fedora32/distro.go b/internal/distro/fedora32/distro.go
index 5ccbefe93..86e586774 100644
--- a/internal/distro/fedora32/distro.go
+++ b/internal/distro/fedora32/distro.go
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func New() *Fedora32 {
 			"qemu-img",
 			"systemd",
 			"tar",
+			"xz",
 		},
 		arches: map[string]arch{
 			"x86_64": arch{
diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel81/distro.go b/internal/distro/rhel81/distro.go
index c447a5b22..c70b23ca8 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel81/distro.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel81/distro.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func New() *RHEL81 {
 			"systemd",
 			"tar",
 			"xfsprogs",
+			"xz",
 		},
 		arches: map[string]arch{
 			"x86_64": arch{
diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel82/distro.go b/internal/distro/rhel82/distro.go
index 87c9d2bf2..8fd8447ef 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel82/distro.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel82/distro.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func New() *RHEL82 {
 			"systemd",
 			"tar",
 			"xfsprogs",
+			"xz",
 		},
 		arches: map[string]arch{
 			"x86_64": arch{