diff --git a/elements/config-applier/element-deps b/elements/config-applier/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..715c11e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/config-applier/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/config-applier/install.d/20-config-applier b/elements/config-applier/install.d/20-config-applier
index b6dcc6c1..c7e863df 100755
--- a/elements/config-applier/install.d/20-config-applier
+++ b/elements/config-applier/install.d/20-config-applier
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 home=$(dirname $0)
 set -uex
 
-mkdir -p /opt/stack
-cd /opt/stack
-git clone https://github.com/tripleo/config-applier.git
-cd config-applier
-git checkout master
+install-packages python-pip
+
+cd /opt/stack/config-applier
 pip install -e . -U
 
 install -m 0644 -o root -g root $home/config-applier.upstart /etc/init/config-applier.conf
diff --git a/elements/config-applier/source-repository-config-applier b/elements/config-applier/source-repository-config-applier
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5536f1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/config-applier/source-repository-config-applier
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config-applier git /opt/stack/config-applier https://github.com/stackforge/os-config-applier.git