diff --git a/src/mio/yum.py b/src/mio/yum.py
index cc92efbd5891a1ae52799f16edfea20c900bc9e5..dca98f9e7503728df7ec4d43bae25fa0b229b1e7 100755
--- a/src/mio/yum.py
+++ b/src/mio/yum.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ def conf(path):
                "distroverpkg=fedora-release",
                "tolerant=1",
                "exactarch=1",
-               "obsoletes=1" ]
+               "obsoletes=1",
+               "installonly_limit=8" ]
 
     dir = yumdir(path)
     for m in mio.filecache.expand_mirror(dir):