diff --git a/lib/packagetest.pm b/lib/packagetest.pm
index 4e62ba01..b1e5cfe0 100644
--- a/lib/packagetest.pm
+++ b/lib/packagetest.pm
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ sub prepare_test_packages {
     # remove python3-kickstart if installed (we don't use assert
     # here in case it's not)
     script_run 'dnf -y remove python3-kickstart';
+    # we seem to often lose keystrokes in the next command if we run
+    # it too fast, let's wait for idle first
+    wait_idle 7;
     # grab the test repo definitions
     assert_script_run 'curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/openqa-testrepo-1.repo https://fedorapeople.org/groups/qa/openqa-repos/openqa-testrepo-1.repo';
     # install the test packages from repo1