diff --git a/bin/tags/db8s.sh b/bin/tags/db8s.sh
index a9cfa7bad6ec59e2bcdde388c51f84b76c830567..7ee1b28ece6e49b533f054ddd77b5640359a5fa9 100755
--- a/bin/tags/db8s.sh
+++ b/bin/tags/db8s.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ TAG="db8s"
 #ARCHES="x86_64 aarch64"
 #PERMS=""
 TESTING=1
-#EPEL=0
+EPEL=1
 DISTTAG="el8s.cern"
 
 ### You probably don't need to change anything below this
 source createtag8s.sh
-
 $KOJI add-external-repo -t ${TAG}-build cs8-latest-baseos -p 20 --mode=bare
+# RQF1805989 add instantclient repo and epel
+$KOJI add-external-repo -t ${TAG}-build oracle-linux8-instantclient -p 20 --mode=bare