diff --git a/diskimage-create/README.rst b/diskimage-create/README.rst
index 651857bc..2616ca05 100644
--- a/diskimage-create/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage-create/README.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Environment variables the script accepts are 'DIB_HADOOP_VERSION_2_7_1',
 'ubuntu_spark_image_name', 'ubuntu_storm_image_name',
 'ambari_[ubuntu|centos|centos7]_image_name',
 'cloudera_[5_0|5_3|5_4|5_5]_[ubuntu|centos]_image_name',
-'mapr_[ubuntu|centos]_image_name',
+'mapr_[ubuntu|centos|centos7]_image_name',
 'plain_[ubuntu|fedora|centos|centos7]_image_name'.
 
 2. For creating all images just clone this repository and run script.
diff --git a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
index 4017324c..6637cbe3 100755
--- a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
+++ b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ case "$PLUGIN" in
         ;;
     "mapr")
         case "$BASE_IMAGE_OS" in
-            "" | "ubuntu" | "centos");;
+            "" | "ubuntu" | "centos" | "centos7");;
             *)
                 echo -e "'$BASE_IMAGE_OS' image type is not supported by '$PLUGIN'.\nAborting"
                 exit 1
@@ -790,6 +790,15 @@ if [ -z "$PLUGIN" -o "$PLUGIN" = "mapr" ]; then
 
         unset DIB_CLOUD_INIT_DATASOURCES
     fi
+
+    if [ -z "$BASE_IMAGE_OS" -o "$BASE_IMAGE_OS" = "centos7" ]; then
+        mapr_centos7_image_name=${mapr_centos7_image_name:-centos_7_mapr_${DIB_MAPR_VERSION}_latest}
+
+        image_create centos7 $mapr_centos7_image_name $mapr_centos_elements_sequence
+
+        unset DIB_CLOUD_INIT_DATASOURCES
+    fi
+
 fi
 
 ################
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst b/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst
index eb8110f6..7b8d89a8 100644
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/README.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ following syntax to select the ``MapR`` plugin:
 
 .. sourcecode:: bash
 
-  diskimage-create.sh -p mapr [-i ubuntu|centos] [-r 5.0.0 | 5.1.0]
+  diskimage-create.sh -p mapr [-i ubuntu|centos|centos7] [-r 5.0.0 | 5.1.0]
 
 In order to speed up image creation process you can download archives with MapR
 repositories and specify environment variables:
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/40-mapr-dependencies b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/40-mapr-dependencies
index 9e227c5a..e13a51e1 100755
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/40-mapr-dependencies
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/40-mapr-dependencies
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ EOF
     watchdog \
     zlib1g-dev \
     zip
-elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
+elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos7" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
     install-packages cdparanoia-libs \
     cups \
     cups-libs \
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala
index 366a1297..243f9166 100755
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/41-scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     wget -N ${URL}/${PKG}.deb
     dpkg -i ${PKG}.deb
     rm ${PKG}.deb
-elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
+elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos7" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
     rpm -Uhv ${URL}/${PKG}.rpm
 fi
 
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/43-mapr-core-repository b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/43-mapr-core-repository
index 984de190..8d479d86 100755
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/43-mapr-core-repository
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/43-mapr-core-repository
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ get_repo_url() {
 
     if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "ubuntu" ]; then
         repo_url="${DIB_MAPR_CORE_DEB_REPO:-http://package.mapr.com/releases/v${DIB_MAPR_VERSION}/ubuntu/mapr-v${DIB_MAPR_VERSION}GA.deb.tgz}"
-    elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
+    elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos7" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
         repo_url="${DIB_MAPR_CORE_RPM_REPO:-http://package.mapr.com/releases/v${DIB_MAPR_VERSION}/redhat/mapr-v${DIB_MAPR_VERSION}GA.rpm.tgz}"
     fi
 
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/44-mapr-eco-repository b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/44-mapr-eco-repository
index d1a6da07..fe653526 100755
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/44-mapr-eco-repository
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/install.d/44-mapr-eco-repository
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ get_repo_url() {
                 repo_url="${DIB_MAPR_ECO_DEB_REPO:-http://package.mapr.com/releases/ecosystem-5.x/ubuntu binary/}"
             ;;
         esac
-    elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
+    elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos7" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
         case "$DIB_MAPR_VERSION" in
             "5.0.0"|"5.1.0")
                 repo_url="${DIB_MAPR_ECO_RPM_REPO:-http://package.mapr.com/releases/ecosystem-5.x/redhat}"
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-requiretty b/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-requiretty
index 7d721162..a01d1575 100755
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-requiretty
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-requiretty
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
+if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos7" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
     sed '/^Defaults    requiretty*/ s/^/#/' -i /etc/sudoers
 fi
 
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-update-repository b/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-update-repository
index 56cda940..e9317b79 100755
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-update-repository
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/post-install.d/99-update-repository
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     apt-get update
-elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
+elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "centos7" -o "$DISTRO_NAME" = "rhel" ]; then
     yum clean all && yum repolist
 fi
diff --git a/elements/hadoop-mapr/resources/package_utils.sh b/elements/hadoop-mapr/resources/package_utils.sh
index d3560b11..0a407646 100644
--- a/elements/hadoop-mapr/resources/package_utils.sh
+++ b/elements/hadoop-mapr/resources/package_utils.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ download_package() {
 
     if [[ "$distro" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
         download_apt_package "$package" "$version" "$directory"
-    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "centos7" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
         download_yum_package "$package" "$version" "$directory"
     fi
 }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ create_repo() {
 
     if [[ "$distro" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
         create_apt_repo "$directory"
-    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "centos7" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
         create_yum_repo "$directory"
     fi
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ add_repo() {
 
     if [[ "$distro" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
         add_apt_repo "$repo_name" "$repo_url"
-    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "centos7" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
         add_yum_repo "$repo_name" "$repo_url"
     fi
 }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ add_local_repo() {
 
     if [[ "$distro" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
         add_local_apt_repo "$repo_name" "$directory"
-    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "centos7" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
         add_local_yum_repo "$repo_name" "$directory"
     fi
 }
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ remove_repo() {
 
     if [[ "$distro" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
         remove_apt_repo "$repo_name"
-    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$distro" == "centos" || "$distro" == "centos7" || "$distro" == "rhel" ]]; then
         remove_yum_repo "$repo_name"
     fi
 }