diff --git a/tests/vm/centos b/tests/vm/centos
index 53976f1c4c..b9e851f2d3 100755
--- a/tests/vm/centos
+++ b/tests/vm/centos
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class CentosVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         self.wait_ssh()
         self.ssh_root_check("touch /etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled")
         self.ssh_root_check("yum update -y")
-        self.ssh_root_check("yum install -y docker make git")
+        self.ssh_root_check("yum install -y docker make git python3")
         self.ssh_root_check("systemctl enable docker")
         self.ssh_root("poweroff")
         self.wait()