diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 4466da20..f2863a82 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -750,6 +750,13 @@ the future release. Please use tempest::package_ensure instead.")
         tag    => ['openstack', 'tempest-package'],
       }
     }
+    if $ec2api_available and $::tempest::params::python_ec2api_tests {
+      package { 'python-ec2-api-tests':
+        ensure => present,
+        name   => $::tempest::params::python_ec2api_tests,
+        tag    => ['openstack', 'tempest-package'],
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   if $configure_images {
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index df9a4138..e772260d 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class tempest::params {
       $python_congress_tests   = 'python-congress-tests'
       $python_panko_tests      = 'python-panko-tests'
       $python_octavia_tests    = 'python-octavia-tests'
+      $python_ec2api_tests     = 'python-ec2-api-tests'
       $package_name            = 'openstack-tempest'
     }
     'Debian': {
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ class tempest::params {
       $python_congress_tests   = false
       $python_panko_tests      = false
       $python_octavia_tests    = false
+      $python_ec2api_tests     = false
       $package_name            = 'tempest'
     }
     default: {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ec2api-package-db30bb668b138b03.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ec2api-package-db30bb668b138b03.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfd08886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ec2api-package-db30bb668b138b03.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - When ec2api is enabled, install the tests packages from RDO.