diff --git a/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release b/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
index ec4bbee0..0c218a80 100755
--- a/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
+++ b/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
 if [[ "rhel7 centos7" =~ "$DISTRO_NAME" ]]; then
-    yum install -y http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
+    rpm -q epel-release || yum install -y http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
 elif [[ "rhel" =~ "$DISTRO_NAME" ]]; then
-    yum install -y http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
+    rpm -q epel-release || yum install -y http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
 fi