diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index 778efe1d..e3b6dece 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #enable_tlmgr = true
 #emerge_sync_flags = "-q"
 #emerge_update_flags = "-uDNa --with-bdeps=y world"
+#redhat_disrto_sync = false
 
 [windows]
 # Manually select Windows updates
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index bc3186ac..6dc2c95f 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ pub struct Linux {
     trizen_arguments: Option<String>,
     dnf_arguments: Option<String>,
     enable_tlmgr: Option<bool>,
+    redhat_distro_sync: Option<bool>,
     emerge_sync_flags: Option<String>,
     emerge_update_flags: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -627,7 +628,7 @@ impl Config {
             .and_then(|vagrant| vagrant.always_suspend)
     }
 
-    /// Extra yay arguments
+    /// Enable tlmgr on Linux
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn enable_tlmgr_linux(&self) -> bool {
         self.config_file
@@ -637,6 +638,16 @@ impl Config {
             .unwrap_or(false)
     }
 
+    /// Use distro-sync in Red Hat based distrbutions
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn redhat_distro_sync(&self) -> bool {
+        self.config_file
+            .linux
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|linux| linux.redhat_distro_sync)
+            .unwrap_or(false)
+    }
+
     /// Should we ignore failures for this step
     pub fn ignore_failure(&self, step: Step) -> bool {
         self.config_file
diff --git a/src/steps/os/linux.rs b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
index 90906e81..b51d3401 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/linux.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@ fn upgrade_redhat(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
                     .if_exists()
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("/usr/bin/yum")),
             )
-            .arg("upgrade");
+            .arg(if ctx.config().redhat_distro_sync() {
+                "distro-sync"
+            } else {
+                "upgrade"
+            });
 
         if let Some(args) = ctx.config().dnf_arguments() {
             command.args(args.split_whitespace());