diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
index c0f0f8279..e5247ce0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ packet_almalinux8-calico:
   extends: .packet_pr
   when: on_success
 
+packet_rockylinux8-calico:
+  stage: deploy-part2
+  extends: .packet_pr
+  when: on_success
+
 packet_almalinux8-docker:
   stage: deploy-part2
   extends: .packet_pr
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 1cfa72c80..3d3d0012a 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ SUPPORTED_OS = {
   "centos8-bento"       => {box: "bento/centos-8",             user: "vagrant"},
   "almalinux8"          => {box: "almalinux/8",                user: "vagrant"},
   "almalinux8-bento"    => {box: "bento/almalinux-8",          user: "vagrant"},
+  "rockylinux8"         => {box: "generic/rocky8",             user: "vagrant"},
   "fedora34"            => {box: "fedora/34-cloud-base",       user: "vagrant"},
   "fedora35"            => {box: "fedora/35-cloud-base",       user: "vagrant"},
   "opensuse"            => {box: "opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64",  user: "vagrant"},
diff --git a/docs/ci.md b/docs/ci.md
index 3ab8d2c06..286095ea3 100644
--- a/docs/ci.md
+++ b/docs/ci.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fedora34 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x
 fedora35 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: |
 opensuse |  :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 oracle7 |  :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
+rockylinux8 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 ubuntu16 |  :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: |
 ubuntu18 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :white_check_mark: |
 ubuntu20 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ fedora34 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 fedora35 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 opensuse |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 oracle7 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
+rockylinux8 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 ubuntu16 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 ubuntu18 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 ubuntu20 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ fedora34 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :white_check_mark: |
 fedora35 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 opensuse |  :x: | :x: | :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 oracle7 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
+rockylinux8 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 ubuntu16 |  :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :white_check_mark: |
 ubuntu18 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
 ubuntu20 |  :white_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
diff --git a/test-infra/image-builder/roles/kubevirt-images/defaults/main.yml b/test-infra/image-builder/roles/kubevirt-images/defaults/main.yml
index df4391846..5a7a89f34 100644
--- a/test-infra/image-builder/roles/kubevirt-images/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/test-infra/image-builder/roles/kubevirt-images/defaults/main.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ images:
     converted: true
     tag: "latest"
 
+  rockylinux-8:
+    filename: Rocky-8-GenericCloud-8.6-20220515.x86_64.qcow2
+    url: https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8.6/images/Rocky-8-GenericCloud-8.6-20220515.x86_64.qcow2
+    checksum: sha256:77e79f487c70f6bfa5655d8084e02cb8d31900a2c2a22b2334c3401b40a1231c
+    converted: true
+    tag: "latest"
+
   debian-9:
     filename: debian-9-openstack-amd64.qcow2
     url: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/current-9/debian-9-openstack-amd64.qcow2
diff --git a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/defaults/main.yml b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/defaults/main.yml
index 6a10f761f..23af1ba61 100644
--- a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/defaults/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ cloud_init:
   centos-7: "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"
   centos-8: "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"
   almalinux-8: "I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpzeXN0ZW1faW5mbzoKICBkaXN0cm86IHJoZWwKdXNlcnM6CiAtIG5hbWU6IGt1YmVzcHJheQogICBncm91cHM6IHdoZWVsCiAgIHN1ZG86ICdBTEw9KEFMTCkgTk9QQVNTV0Q6QUxMJwogICBzaGVsbDogL2Jpbi9iYXNoCiAgIGxvY2tfcGFzc3dkOiBGYWxzZQogICBob21lOiAvaG9tZS9rdWJlc3ByYXkKICAgc3NoX2F1dGhvcml6ZWRfa2V5czoKICAgICAtIHNzaC1yc2EgQUFBQUIzTnphQzF5YzJFQUFBQURBUUFCQUFBQkFRQ2FuVGkvZUt4MCt0SFlKQWVEaHErc0ZTMk9iVVAxL0k2OWY3aVYzVXRrS2xUMjBKZlcxZjZGZVh0LzA0VmYyN1dRcStOcXM2dkdCcUQ5UVhTWXVmK3QwL3M3RVBMalRlaTltZTFtcHFyK3VUZStLRHRUUDM5cGZEMy9lVkNhZUI3MjZHUDJGa2FEMEZ6cG1FYjY2TzNOcWh4T1E5Nkd4LzlYVHV3L0szbGxqNE9WRDZHcmpSM0I3YzRYdEVCc1pjWnBwTUovb0gxbUd5R1hkaDMxbVdRU3FBUk8vUDhVOEd3dDArSEdwVXdoL2hkeTN0K1NZb1RCMkd3VmIwem95Vnd0VnZmRFF6c204ZnEzYXY0S3ZlejhrWXVOREp2MDV4NGx2VVpnUjE1WkRSWHNBbmRoUXlxb1hkQ0xBZTArZWFLWHE5QmtXeEtGYjloUGUwQVVqamE1Cgo="
+  rockylinux-8: "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"
   debian-9: "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"
   debian-10: "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"
   debian-11: "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"
diff --git a/tests/files/packet_rockylinux8-calico.yml b/tests/files/packet_rockylinux8-calico.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b47511215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/packet_rockylinux8-calico.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+# Instance settings
+cloud_image: rockylinux-8
+mode: default
+vm_memory: 3072Mi
+
+# Kubespray settings
+metrics_server_enabled: true
+dashboard_namespace: "kube-dashboard"
+dashboard_enabled: true
+loadbalancer_apiserver_type: haproxy