diff --git a/comps-f17.xml.in b/comps-f17.xml.in
index 041dc0d2..bedf278e 100644
--- a/comps-f17.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f17.xml.in
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">ncurses</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">openssh-server</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">passwd</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="mandatory">plymouth</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">policycoreutils</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">procps</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">readline</packagereq>
diff --git a/comps-f18.xml.in b/comps-f18.xml.in
index 92b0181d..0493cd85 100644
--- a/comps-f18.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f18.xml.in
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">ncurses</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">openssh-server</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">passwd</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="mandatory">plymouth</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">policycoreutils</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">procps</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">readline</packagereq>