diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 82da7c98d..c81f92f47 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1006,6 +1006,9 @@ installer_prereq_packages() {
 		  if ! yum versionlock > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 				yum -y install yum-plugin-versionlock >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 		  fi
+			if ! command -v nmcli > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+				yum -y install NetworkManager >> "$setup_log" 2>&1000m
+			fi
 		fi
 		logCmd "systemctl enable NetworkManager"
 		logCmd "systemctl start NetworkManager"