diff --git a/test/_centos_7.Dockerfile b/test/_centos_7.Dockerfile
index 355f4fdb..f39f50e7 100644
--- a/test/_centos_7.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_centos_7.Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ADD . $GITDIR
 RUN cp $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/*.sh $GITDIR/gravity.sh $GITDIR/pihole $GITDIR/automated\ install/*.sh $SCRIPTDIR/
 ENV PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$SCRIPTDIR
 
+ADD test/centos7.epel.override /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
 RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
diff --git a/test/centos7.epel.override b/test/centos7.epel.override
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3451f17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/centos7.epel.override
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[main]
+verbose = 0
+socket_timeout = 3
+enabled = 1
+hostfilepath = /var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt
+maxhostfileage = 1
+exclude=.edu