diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 62eba9a5..87c5c56f 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ sub get_workarounds {
         "40" => [],
         "41" => [],
         "42" => [],
+        "eln" => [],
     );
     my $advortasks = $workarounds{$version};
     return @$advortasks;
@@ -589,8 +590,12 @@ sub setup_repos {
     if ($args{waonly} || $tag || $copr) {
         return unless (@was);
     }
-    # if we got this far, we're definitely downloading *something*
-    script_run "dnf -y install createrepo_c bodhi-client koji", 300;
+    # if we got this far, we're definitely downloading *something* so
+    # install the download tools. split bodhi-client out because it
+    # isn't there on ELN currently, which means we can't use workarounds
+    # specified as update IDs on ELN
+    script_run "dnf -y install createrepo_c koji", 300;
+    script_run "dnf -y install bodhi-client", 300;
     get_setup_repos_script;
     my $wastring = join(',', @was);
     my $udstring;
@@ -700,6 +705,9 @@ sub _repo_setup_updates {
     if (get_var("VERSION") eq get_var("RAWREL") && get_var("TEST") ne "support_server") {
         assert_script_run 'printf "[koji-rawhide]\nname=koji-rawhide\nbaseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/rawhide/latest/' . $arch . '/\ncost=2000\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=0\n" > /etc/yum.repos.d/koji-rawhide.repo';
     }
+    if (lc(get_var("VERSION")) eq "eln" && get_var("TEST") ne "support_server") {
+        assert_script_run 'printf "[koji-eln]\nname=koji-eln\nbaseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/eln-build/latest/' . $arch . '/\ncost=2000\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=0\n" > /etc/yum.repos.d/koji-eln.repo';
+    }
     if (get_var("CANNED")) {
         # install and use en_US.UTF-8 locale for consistent sort
         # ordering
@@ -725,7 +733,7 @@ sub _repo_setup_updates {
         # above (and their deps, which dnf will include automatically),
         # just in case they're in the update under test; otherwise we
         # get a bogus failure for the package not being updated
-        script_run "dnf -y remove bodhi-client createrepo_c koji", 600 if (get_var("INSTALL") && !get_var("CANNED"));
+        script_run "dnf -y remove createrepo_c koji", 600 if (get_var("INSTALL") && !get_var("CANNED"));
     }
     # exit the toolbox on CANNED
     if (get_var("CANNED")) {
diff --git a/tests/_installer_build.pm b/tests/_installer_build.pm
index b1187715..93460314 100644
--- a/tests/_installer_build.pm
+++ b/tests/_installer_build.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ sub run {
     my $version = get_var("VERSION");
     my $currrel = get_var("CURRREL");
     my $rawrel = get_var("RAWREL");
-    my $repo = $version eq $rawrel ? "fedora-rawhide.repo" : "fedora.repo";
+    my $repo = "fedora.repo";
+    $repo = "fedora-rawhide.repo" if ($version eq $rawrel);
+    $repo = "fedora-eln.repo" if (lc($version) eq "eln");
     my $advortask = get_var("ADVISORY_OR_TASK");
     my $arch = get_var("ARCH");
     # python3-dnf is for updvercheck.py
@@ -23,11 +25,18 @@ sub run {
     assert_script_run "setenforce Permissive";
     # Fedora pungi config always sets rootfs size to 3GiB since F32
     my $cmd = "lorax -p Fedora -v ${version} -r ${version} --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/${repo} --rootfs-size 3 --squashfs-only";
-    unless ($version > $currrel) {
+    unless ($version > $currrel || lc($version) eq "eln") {
         $cmd .= " --isfinal --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo";
     }
+    if (lc($version) eq "eln") {
+        $cmd .= " --variant=BaseOS --nomacboot --volid=Fedora-eln-BaseOS-${arch}"
+    }
+    else {
+        $cmd .= " --variant=Everything --volid=Fedora-E-dvd-${arch}"
+    }
     $cmd .= " --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/workarounds.repo" if (get_workarounds);
     $cmd .= " --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/koji-rawhide.repo" if ($version eq $rawrel);
+    $cmd .= " --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/koji-eln.repo" if (lc($version) eq "eln");
     $cmd .= " --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/advisory.repo" unless (get_var("TAG") || get_var("COPR"));
     $cmd .= " --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/openqa-testtag.repo" if (get_var("TAG") || get_var("COPR"));
     $cmd .= " ./results";