diff --git a/bin/tags/net8al.sh b/bin/tags/net8al.sh
index 80f55940ba9a312e4c52eafae964031e19830919..cfb30136b247401e69952454c593f7211ebfd9c8 100755
--- a/bin/tags/net8al.sh
+++ b/bin/tags/net8al.sh
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ EPEL=1
 
 ### You probably don't need to change anything below this
 source createtag8al.sh
+
+# Needed for https://linuxsoft.cern.ch/mirror/yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/oracle/instantclient/x86_64/
+$KOJI add-external-repo -t ${TAG}-build oracle-linux8-instantclient -p 5 --mode=bare
+$KOJI add-external-repo -t ${TAG}-build oracle-linux8-instantclient21 -p 6 --mode=bare --arch x86_64