diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/kickstart b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/kickstart
index 6e5d6e4c..47cf393f 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/kickstart
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/kickstart
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ reboot
 chrony
 rsync
 python
+pciutils
+%include /tmp/addonpackages
 %end
 
 
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/infiniband/mofed.post b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/infiniband/mofed.post
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a777ea5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/infiniband/mofed.post
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# To use this script, rename or copy the mofed image to either ofed.tgz or ofed.iso
+# and modify the script below if wanting to use the iso instead of tgz
+
+# It checks for mellanox devices and opts not to install, so this script could be added
+# to a general profile without causing mofed to install on non-mellanox systems
+. /etc/confluent/functions
+if lspci -d 15b3:: -n |grep 15b3 > /dev/null; then
+    # Uncomment the following three lines and comment out the next
+    # two lines to use the .iso instead of the tgz packaging
+    #fetch_remote infiniband/mofed.iso
+    #mkdir MLNX_OFED
+    #mount -o loop ofed.iso MLNX_OFED
+    fetch_remote infiniband/mofed.tgz
+    tar xf mofed.tgz
+    # The rest is common between tar and iso
+    cd MLNX_OFED*
+    mount -o loop ofed
+    ./mlnxofedinstall --force
+fi
+
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/infiniband/mofed.pre b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/infiniband/mofed.pre
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7f38645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/infiniband/mofed.pre
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Add needed base packages to the install
+cat << EOF >> /tmp/addonpackages
+perl
+pkgconf-pkg-config
+tcsh
+lsof
+tk
+gcc-gfortran
+tcl
+EOF
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/post.custom b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/post.custom
index eea34051..29676d2b 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/post.custom
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/post.custom
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 # This is a convenient place to keep customizations separate from modifying the stock scripts
 # While modification of the stock scripts is fine, it may be easier to rebase to a newer
 # stock profile if the '.custom' files are used.
+# An example for installing OFED for infiniband follows (see the file for more detail):
+#run_remote infiniband/mofed.post
+
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.custom b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.custom
index 9cf0900e..38b55e4c 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.custom
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.custom
@@ -2,3 +2,13 @@
 # This is a convenient place to keep customizations separate from modifying the stock scripts
 # While modification of the stock scripts is fine, it may be easier to rebase to a newer
 # stock profile if the '.custom' files are used.
+#
+#Here is an example to locally configure the platform BMC according
+#to confluent configuration so that the BMC would be on the correct
+#network:
+#run_remote_python configbmc -c
+
+#Some addons improve efficiency by adding dependencies during install
+#here is an example for adding OFED install prereqs to the install
+#run_remote infiniband/mofed.pre
+
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh
index e2db9440..715d3757 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ if [ -f "/run/install/cmdline.d/01-autocons.conf" ]; then
     consoledev=$(cat /run/install/cmdline.d/01-autocons.conf | sed -e 's!console=!/dev/!' -e 's/,.*//')
     TMUX= tmux a <> $consoledev >&0 2>&1 &
 fi
+touch /tmp/addonpackages
 cryptboot=$(grep ^encryptboot: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg | awk '{print $2}')
 LUKSPARTY=''
 if [ "$cryptboot" == "tpm2" ]; then