diff --git a/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl b/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl
index 3db1379..3f2b8e3 100644
--- a/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl
+++ b/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ installpkg kbd kbd-misc
 ## required for anaconda-dracut (img-lib etc.)
 installpkg tar xz curl bzip2
 
++## this is only recommended by librsvg2 since 2023-07, but in the
++## installer environment many icons used are only present as SVGs,
++## so we really need it
++installpkg rsvg-pixbuf-loader
+
 ## basic system stuff
 installpkg systemd-sysv systemd-units
 installpkg rsyslog