diff --git a/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/images/centos/epel_dependencies b/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/images/centos/epel_dependencies
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d84cfcf11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/images/centos/epel_dependencies
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+yum install -y soci soci-mysql
+yum remove -y epel-release
+
diff --git a/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/images/image.yaml b/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/images/image.yaml
index d99c971ea0..fbe65d4706 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/images/image.yaml
+++ b/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/images/image.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ validators:
   - os_case:
       - ubuntu:
           - script: ubuntu/install_mapr_dependencies
+      - redhat:
+          - script: centos/epel_dependencies
   - package:
     - mtools
     - rpcbind