diff --git a/share/runtime-install.tmpl b/share/runtime-install.tmpl
index 868ac37f..e6203f3e 100644
--- a/share/runtime-install.tmpl
+++ b/share/runtime-install.tmpl
@@ -123,5 +123,8 @@ installpkg wget rsync rsh bind-utils ftp mtr vconfig
 installpkg icfg spice-vdagent
 installpkg gdisk
 
+## yum plugins
+installpkg yum-plugin-fastestmirror
+
 ## actually install all the requested packages
 run_pkg_transaction