diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3f80079..030e5e0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ LABEL summary="Provides the latest Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 on RHEL 8 in a fully f
 LABEL io.k8s.display-name="Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 on RHEL 8"
 LABEL io.openshift.tags="rhceph ceph"
 
+COPY packages.txt .
+
 # Escape char after immediately after RUN allows comment in first line
 RUN \
     # Install all components for the image, whether from packages or web downloads.
@@ -64,38 +66,7 @@ RUN \
     # Installs should support install of ganesha for luminous
     microdnf update -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 --nodocs && \
 microdnf install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 --nodocs wget unzip util-linux python3-saml python3-setuptools udev device-mapper \
-        ca-certificates \
-        e2fsprogs \
-        ceph-common  \
-        ceph-mon  \
-        ceph-osd \
-        ceph-mds \
-cephfs-mirror \
-        rbd-mirror  \
-        ceph-mgr \
-ceph-mgr-cephadm \
-ceph-mgr-dashboard \
-ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local \
-ceph-mgr-k8sevents \
-ceph-mgr-rook\
-        ceph-grafana-dashboards \
-        kmod \
-        lvm2 \
-        gdisk \
-        smartmontools \
-        nvme-cli \
-        libstoragemgmt \
-        systemd-udev \
-        sg3_utils \
-         \
-        ceph-radosgw libradosstriper1 \
-        nfs-ganesha nfs-ganesha-ceph nfs-ganesha-rgw nfs-ganesha-rados-grace nfs-ganesha-rados-urls sssd-client \
-        tcmu-runner ceph-iscsi \
-         \
-         \
-        ceph-immutable-object-cache \
-         \
-         \
+         $(cat packages.txt) \
          && \
 ln -s /usr/share/ceph/mgr/dashboard/frontend/dist-redhat /usr/share/ceph/mgr/dashboard/frontend/dist && \
     # Clean container, starting with record of current size (strip / from end)
@@ -106,38 +77,7 @@ ln -s /usr/share/ceph/mgr/dashboard/frontend/dist-redhat /usr/share/ceph/mgr/das
     echo 'Postinstall cleanup' && \
  ( microdnf clean all && \
    rpm -q \
-        ca-certificates \
-        e2fsprogs \
-        ceph-common  \
-        ceph-mon  \
-        ceph-osd \
-        ceph-mds \
-cephfs-mirror \
-        rbd-mirror  \
-        ceph-mgr \
-ceph-mgr-cephadm \
-ceph-mgr-dashboard \
-ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local \
-ceph-mgr-k8sevents \
-ceph-mgr-rook\
-        ceph-grafana-dashboards \
-        kmod \
-        lvm2 \
-        gdisk \
-        smartmontools \
-        nvme-cli \
-        libstoragemgmt \
-        systemd-udev \
-        sg3_utils \
-         \
-        ceph-radosgw libradosstriper1 \
-        nfs-ganesha nfs-ganesha-ceph nfs-ganesha-rgw nfs-ganesha-rados-grace nfs-ganesha-rados-urls sssd-client \
-        tcmu-runner ceph-iscsi \
-         \
-         \
-        ceph-immutable-object-cache \
-         \
-         \
+         $(cat packages.txt) \
          && \
    rm -f /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ) && \
     # Tweak some configuration files on the container system
@@ -161,38 +101,7 @@ find /var/log/ -type f -exec truncate -s 0 {} \; && \
     #
     # Verify that the packages installed haven't been accidentally cleaned
     rpm -q \
-        ca-certificates \
-        e2fsprogs \
-        ceph-common  \
-        ceph-mon  \
-        ceph-osd \
-        ceph-mds \
-cephfs-mirror \
-        rbd-mirror  \
-        ceph-mgr \
-ceph-mgr-cephadm \
-ceph-mgr-dashboard \
-ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local \
-ceph-mgr-k8sevents \
-ceph-mgr-rook\
-        ceph-grafana-dashboards \
-        kmod \
-        lvm2 \
-        gdisk \
-        smartmontools \
-        nvme-cli \
-        libstoragemgmt \
-        systemd-udev \
-        sg3_utils \
-         \
-        ceph-radosgw libradosstriper1 \
-        nfs-ganesha nfs-ganesha-ceph nfs-ganesha-rgw nfs-ganesha-rados-grace nfs-ganesha-rados-urls sssd-client \
-        tcmu-runner ceph-iscsi \
-         \
-         \
-        ceph-immutable-object-cache \
-         \
-         \
+         $(cat packages.txt) \
          && echo 'Packages verified successfully'
 #======================================================
 # Add ceph-container files
diff --git a/packages.txt b/packages.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d0388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+ca-certificates
+ceph-common
+ceph-exporter
+ceph-grafana-dashboards
+ceph-immutable-object-cache
+ceph-iscsi
+ceph-mds
+ceph-mgr
+ceph-mgr-cephadm
+ceph-mgr-dashboard
+ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local
+ceph-mgr-k8sevents
+ceph-mgr-rook
+ceph-mon
+ceph-osd
+ceph-radosgw
+cephfs-mirror
+e2fsprogs
+gdisk
+kmod
+libradosstriper1
+libstoragemgmt
+lvm2
+nfs-ganesha
+nfs-ganesha-ceph
+nfs-ganesha-rados-grace
+nfs-ganesha-rados-urls
+nfs-ganesha-rgw
+nvme-cli
+rbd-mirror
+sg3_utils
+smartmontools
+sssd-client
+systemd-udev
+tar
+tcmu-runner
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