diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map
index 4cdc3fdf..d5ff8db0 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
     "rhel7": {
        "wget": "wget",
        "yum-utils": "yum-utils"
+    },
+    "rocky": {
+       "wget": "wget",
+       "yum-utils": "yum-utils"
     }
  },
  "default": {
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
index 1d3816a9..3a5c6546 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ "centos" && "${DIB_RELEASE%-stream}" -lt '9' ]]; then
+if [[ (${DISTRO_NAME} =~ "centos" || ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ "rocky") && "${DIB_RELEASE%-stream}" -lt '9' ]]; then
     # Centos has "epel-release" in extras, which is default enabled.
     ${YUM} install -y epel-release
 else
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/build-succeeds/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/build-succeeds/element-deps
index 4be9e9fe..73b3d4e1 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/build-succeeds/element-deps
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/build-succeeds/element-deps
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-openstack-ci-mirrors
 vm