diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index 0f1c40eb..2330b22d 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 glance_distro_packages:
   - git
+  - libxml2
   - nfs-utils
   - rpcbind
 
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index b2837dbb..6edd737a 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 glance_distro_packages:
   - git-core
+  - libxml2
   - nfs-utils
   - rpcbind
 
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index 9d1decfe..fa661d3f 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ cache_timeout: 600
 # Common apt packages
 glance_distro_packages:
   - git
+  - libxml2
   - nfs-common
   - rpcbind