diff --git a/salt/manager/init.sls b/salt/manager/init.sls
index 2feda45ae..96055df24 100644
--- a/salt/manager/init.sls
+++ b/salt/manager/init.sls
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ yara_log_dir:
       - user
       - group
 
+{% if GLOBALS.os_family == 'RedHat' %}
+install_createrepo:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: createrepo_c
+{% endif %}
+
 repo_conf_dir:
   file.directory:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/reposync
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 3569029ac..3fda54fb9 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ update_airgap_repo() {
   echo "Syncing new updates to /nsm/repo"
   rsync -av $AGREPO/* /nsm/repo/
   echo "Creating repo"
-  dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo
+  dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo_c
   createrepo /nsm/repo
 }
 
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 8e83f822d..42335b3d1 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ create_manager_pillars() {
 
 create_repo() {
 	title "Create the repo directory"
-	logCmd "dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo"
+	logCmd "dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo_c"
 	logCmd "createrepo /nsm/repo"
 }
 
@@ -1828,7 +1828,6 @@ repo_sync_local() {
 			# After the download is complete run createrepo
 			create_repo
 		fi
-
 	else
 		# Add the proper repos for unsupported stuff
 		echo "Adding Repos"