diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/fedora-28.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/fedora-28.yml
index 0bb380094..05450ed5f 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/fedora-28.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/fedora-28.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ _tripleo_bootstrap_packages_bootstrap:
   - openvswitch
   - openstack-selinux
   - libselinux-python
+  - rsync
 
 _tripleo_bootstrap_legacy_network_packages:
   - initscripts
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat-8.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat-8.yml
index 67deb3f62..295f7a3ea 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat-8.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat-8.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ _tripleo_bootstrap_packages_bootstrap:
   - os-net-config
   - python3-libselinux
   - puppet-tripleo
+  - rsync
   - tmpwatch
 
 _tripleo_bootstrap_legacy_network_packages:
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat.yml
index 817048680..44f0c42c1 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-bootstrap/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ _tripleo_bootstrap_packages_bootstrap:
   - openstack-selinux
   - openvswitch
   - puppet-tripleo
+  - rsync
   - tmpwatch