diff --git a/recipes/_web_packages.rb b/recipes/_web_packages.rb
index 296dd27f..a29fadb8 100644
--- a/recipes/_web_packages.rb
+++ b/recipes/_web_packages.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-include_recipe 'yum-epel'
+include_recipe "yum-epel" if platform_family?("rhel")
 
 node['graphite']['system_packages'].each do |p|
   package p