diff --git a/01_install_requirements.sh b/01_install_requirements.sh
index b68d45577..0909cde46 100755
--- a/01_install_requirements.sh
+++ b/01_install_requirements.sh
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ case $DISTRO in
     sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pip3 pip3 /usr/bin/pip3.9 1
     PYTHON_DEVEL="python39-devel"
     ;;
-  "centos9"|"rhel9"|"rocky9")
+  "centos9"|"rhel9"|"almalinux9"|"rocky9")
     sudo dnf -y install python3-pip
-    if [[ $DISTRO == "centos9" ]] ||[[ $DISTRO == "rocky9" ]] ; then
+    if [[ $DISTRO == "centos9" || $DISTRO == "almalinux9" || $DISTRO == "rocky9" ]]; then
       sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
       sudo dnf -y install epel-release
     elif [[ $DISTRO == "rhel9" ]]; then
diff --git a/02_configure_host.sh b/02_configure_host.sh
index 011c3eefd..9c65fb28f 100755
--- a/02_configure_host.sh
+++ b/02_configure_host.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ early_deploy_validation
 #
 manage_libvirtd() {
   case ${DISTRO} in
-      centos9|rhel9|rocky9)
+      centos9|rhel9|almalinux9|rocky9)
           for i in qemu interface network nodedev nwfilter secret storage proxy; do
               sudo systemctl enable --now virt${i}d.socket
               sudo systemctl enable --now virt${i}d-ro.socket