diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep.sh b/scripts/pkgdep.sh
index f2fc41c9e..03e88fa37 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function usage() {
 	echo "  -r --rdma                   Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics"
 	echo "  -b --docs                   Additional dependencies for building docs"
 	echo "  -u --uring                  Additional dependencies for io_uring"
+	echo "  -D --daos                   Additional dependencies for DAOS"
 	echo ""
 	exit 0
 }
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ function install_all_dependencies() {
 	INSTALL_RDMA=true
 	INSTALL_DOCS=true
 	INSTALL_LIBURING=true
+	INSTALL_DAOS=true
 }
 
 INSTALL_CRYPTO=false
@@ -37,8 +39,9 @@ INSTALL_FUSE=false
 INSTALL_RDMA=false
 INSTALL_DOCS=false
 INSTALL_LIBURING=false
+INSTALL_DAOS=false
 
-while getopts 'abdfhipru-:' optchar; do
+while getopts 'abdfhipruD-:' optchar; do
 	case "$optchar" in
 		-)
 			case "$OPTARG" in
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ while getopts 'abdfhipru-:' optchar; do
 				rdma) INSTALL_RDMA=true ;;
 				docs) INSTALL_DOCS=true ;;
 				uring) INSTALL_LIBURING=true ;;
+				daos) INSTALL_DAOS=true ;;
 				*)
 					echo "Invalid argument '$OPTARG'"
 					usage
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ while getopts 'abdfhipru-:' optchar; do
 		r) INSTALL_RDMA=true ;;
 		b) INSTALL_DOCS=true ;;
 		u) INSTALL_LIBURING=true ;;
+		D) INSTALL_DAOS=true ;;
 		*)
 			echo "Invalid argument '$OPTARG'"
 			usage
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
index 5bda930bf..906eb72a7 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
@@ -145,3 +145,15 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_DOCS == "true" ]]; then
 	yum install -y mscgen || echo "Warning: couldn't install mscgen via yum. Please install mscgen manually."
 	yum install -y doxygen graphviz
 fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_DAOS == "true" ]]; then
+	if [[ $ID == centos || $ID == rocky ]]; then
+		if ! hash yum-config-manager &> /dev/null; then
+			yum install -y yum-utils
+		fi
+		yum-config-manager --add-repo "https://packages.daos.io/v2.0/CentOS${VERSION_ID:0:1}/packages/x86_64/daos_packages.repo"
+		yum-config-manager --enable "daos-packages"
+		yum install -y daos-devel
+	else
+		echo "Skipping installation of DAOS bdev dependencies. It is supported only for CentOS 7, CentOS 8 and Rocky 8"
+	fi
+fi