diff --git a/.packit.yaml b/.packit.yaml
index 0512035..c25a2ce 100644
--- a/.packit.yaml
+++ b/.packit.yaml
@@ -136,8 +136,19 @@ jobs:
     trigger: pull_request
     packages: [specfile-epel8]
     tmt_plan: "smoke|full"
+    use_internal_tf: true
     targets:
-      - epel-8
+      epel-8:
+        distros: [RHEL-8]
+    # enable EPEL
+    tf_extra_params:
+      environments:
+        - kickstart:
+            post-install: |
+              %post --log=/dev/console
+              set -x
+              dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
+              %end
 
   - job: tests
     trigger: pull_request
diff --git a/plans/full.fmf b/plans/full.fmf
index 36b58ec..4ed1316 100644
--- a/plans/full.fmf
+++ b/plans/full.fmf
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ summary:
   Unit & integration tests
 discover+:
   filter: tier:1
+adjust:
+  - when: "distro == rhel-8"
+    because: "only platform-python is installed on RHEL 8 by default"
+    prepare+:
+      - how: install
+        package: python3
diff --git a/plans/smoke.fmf b/plans/smoke.fmf
index 578e8ba..059ee80 100644
--- a/plans/smoke.fmf
+++ b/plans/smoke.fmf
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ summary:
   Basic smoke test
 discover+:
   filter: tier:0
+adjust:
+  - when: "distro == rhel-8"
+    because: "only platform-python is installed on RHEL 8 by default"
+    prepare+:
+      - how: install
+        package: python3