diff --git a/devstack/files/debs/ironic b/devstack/files/debs/ironic
index 43a48a5d97..5a4ca76690 100644
--- a/devstack/files/debs/ironic
+++ b/devstack/files/debs/ironic
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ docker.io
 ipmitool
 iptables
 ipxe
+gnupg
 libguestfs0
 libvirt-bin
 open-iscsi
diff --git a/devstack/files/rpms/ironic b/devstack/files/rpms/ironic
index 2ee9230a14..ce90401ae8 100644
--- a/devstack/files/rpms/ironic
+++ b/devstack/files/rpms/ironic
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ docker-io
 ipmitool
 iptables
 ipxe-bootimgs
+gnupg
 libguestfs
 libvirt
 libvirt-python
diff --git a/devstack/lib/ironic b/devstack/lib/ironic
index c297e71a82..e1bb32f687 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/ironic
+++ b/devstack/lib/ironic
@@ -832,6 +832,8 @@ function build_ipa_coreos_ramdisk {
     echo "Building ironic-python-agent deploy ramdisk"
     local kernel_path=$1
     local ramdisk_path=$2
+    # on fedora services do not start by default
+    restart_service docker
     git_clone $IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_REPO $IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_DIR $IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_BRANCH
     cd $IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_DIR
     imagebuild/coreos/build_coreos_image.sh