diff --git a/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh b/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh
index 398cfe315..532969aaf 100755
--- a/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/_rpm_common.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,36 @@
 #   - Centos 7 (x64: on AWS EC2 t2.micro, DigitalOcean droplet)
 
 # "git-core" seems to be an alias for "git" in CentOS 7 (yum search fails)
-yum install -y \
-  git-core \
-  python \
-  python-devel \
-  python-virtualenv \
-  python-devel \
-  gcc \
-  dialog \
-  augeas-libs \
-  openssl-devel \
-  libffi-devel \
-  ca-certificates \
+bootstrap() {
+    if hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
+      yum install -y \
+      git-core \
+      python \
+      python-devel \
+      python-virtualenv \
+      python-devel \
+      gcc \
+      dialog \
+      augeas-libs \
+      openssl-devel \
+      libffi-devel \
+      ca-certificates \;
+    elif hash dnf 2>/dev/null; then
+      dnf install -y \
+      git-core \
+      python \
+      python-devel \
+      python-virtualenv \
+      python-devel \
+      gcc \
+      dialog \
+      augeas-libs \
+      openssl-devel \
+      libffi-devel \
+      ca-certificates \;
+    else
+      echo "Neither yum nor dnf found. Aborting bootstrap!"
+      exit 1;
+    fi
+}
+bootstrap