diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
index ba2e98e..3584053 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@
         # as the base system version is too old.  We should have
         # pre-installed these
         install_package $qemu_package
-        install_package libvirt libvirt-devel python3-libvirt
+        install_package libvirt libvirt-devel
+
+        if [[ $DISTRO =~ rhel9 ]]; then
+            pip_install_gr libvirt-python
+        else
+            install_package python3-libvirt
+        fi
 
         if is_arch "aarch64"; then
             install_package edk2-aarch64