diff --git a/manifests/fedora-coreos.yaml b/manifests/fedora-coreos.yaml
index f5948d8fe..92e8eaf57 100644
--- a/manifests/fedora-coreos.yaml
+++ b/manifests/fedora-coreos.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ conditional-include:
   - if: releasever == 39
     # Checks for breaking changes that came with Podman v5.
     include: podman-v5.yaml
+  - if: releasever >= 41
+    # Include makedumpfile subpackage from kexec-tools (new in F41+)
+    include: makedumpfile.yaml
 
 ostree-layers:
   - overlay/15fcos
diff --git a/manifests/makedumpfile.yaml b/manifests/makedumpfile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d5813df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/makedumpfile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# makedumpfile is needed for kdump and was broken out to a subpackage
+# in F41+. Drop this when we no longer support <F41.
+packages:
+  - makedumpfile