diff --git a/elements/delorean-repo/pre-install.d/01-delorean-clean-metadata b/elements/delorean-repo/pre-install.d/01-delorean-clean-metadata
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a4d955098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/delorean-repo/pre-install.d/01-delorean-clean-metadata
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o xtrace
+
+yum clean metadata