diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70a1378..5ebf526 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ No.
 | he_tcp_t_port | null | port to connect if he_network_test is *tcp* |
 | he_pause_host | false | Pause the execution to let the user interactively fix host configuration |
 | he_offline_deployment | false | If `True`, updates for all packages will be disabled |
+| he_additional_package_list | [] | List of additional packages to be installed on engine VM apart from ovirt-engine package |
 
 ## NFS / Gluster Variables
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index e41e3c2..22b1083 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ he_tcp_t_port: null
 he_just_collect_network_interfaces: false
 he_libvirt_authfile: '/etc/ovirt-hosted-engine/virsh_auth.conf'
 he_offline_deployment: false
+he_additional_package_list: []
 
 # *** Do Not Use On Production Environment ***
 # ********** Used for testing ONLY ***********
diff --git a/tasks/full_execution.yml b/tasks/full_execution.yml
index 6900d2c..bfa6e8a 100644
--- a/tasks/full_execution.yml
+++ b/tasks/full_execution.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         ovirt_engine_setup_answer_file_path: /root/ovirt-engine-answers
         ovirt_engine_setup_use_remote_answer_file: true
         ovirt_engine_setup_offline: "{{ he_offline_deployment }}"
+        ovirt_engine_setup_package_list: "{{ he_additional_package_list }}"
         ovirt_engine_setup_admin_password: "{{ he_admin_password }}"
       import_role:
         name: ovirt.engine-setup
diff --git a/tasks/partial_execution.yml b/tasks/partial_execution.yml
index 4b23690..7b14a60 100644
--- a/tasks/partial_execution.yml
+++ b/tasks/partial_execution.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         ovirt_engine_setup_answer_file_path: /root/ovirt-engine-answers
         ovirt_engine_setup_use_remote_answer_file: true
         ovirt_engine_setup_offline: "{{ he_offline_deployment }}"
+        ovirt_engine_setup_package_list: "{{ he_additional_package_list }}"
         ovirt_engine_setup_admin_password: "{{ he_admin_password }}"
       import_role:
         name: ovirt.engine-setup