diff --git a/tomcat/native.sls b/tomcat/native.sls
index 75482654ff504123b76f1401ce5bf3736542adcc..b292f744b2e731f93c8088ae261689f1299a83d3 100644
--- a/tomcat/native.sls
+++ b/tomcat/native.sls
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ include:
   - tomcat.config
 
 tomcat {{ tomcat.native_pkg }}:
+  {%- if grains.get('osfinger', '') == 'Amazon Linux-2' %}
+  pkgrepo.managed:
+    - name: epel
+    - humanname: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch
+    - mirrorlist: https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-7&arch=$basearch
+    - enabled: 1
+    - gpgcheck: 1
+    - gpgkey: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
+    - failovermethod: priority
+    - require_in:
+      - pkg: tomcat {{ tomcat.native_pkg }}
+  {%- endif %}
   pkg.installed:
     - name: {{ tomcat.native_pkg }}