diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/centos-local-lxc-package-mirror-843e1ceac2469547.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/centos-local-lxc-package-mirror-843e1ceac2469547.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..233d11c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/centos-local-lxc-package-mirror-843e1ceac2469547.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    CentOS deployments require a special COPR repository for modern LXC
+    packages. The COPR repository is not mirrored at this time and this causes
+    failed gate tests and production deployments.
+
+    The role now syncs the LXC packages down from COPR to each host and builds
+    a local LXC package repository in `/opt/thm-lxc2.0`. This greatly reduces
+    the amount of times that packages must be downloaded from the COPR server
+    during deployments, which will reduce failures until the packages can be
+    hosted with a more reliable source.
+
+    In addition, this should speed up playbook runs since ``yum`` can check a
+    locally-hosted repository instead of a remote repository with availability
+    and performance challenges.
diff --git a/tasks/lxc_install_yum.yml b/tasks/lxc_install_yum.yml
index 027e8bfa..f214614d 100644
--- a/tasks/lxc_install_yum.yml
+++ b/tasks/lxc_install_yum.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,29 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-- name: Deploy COPR yum repo for LXC 2.0
+- name: Ensure createrepo package is installed
+  yum:
+    name: createrepo
+    state: latest
+
+- name: Deploy upstream COPR yum repo for LXC 2.0
   yum_repository:
     name: thm-lxc2.0
     description: "COPR repository for LXC 2.0 packages on CentOS 7"
     baseurl: "{{ lxc_centos_package_baseurl }}"
-    enabled: yes
+    enabled: no
+    gpgcheck: yes
+    gpgkey: "{{ lxc_centos_package_key }}"
+    repo_gpgcheck: no
+    priority: 50
+    state: present
+
+- name: Deploy local COPR yum repo for LXC 2.0
+  yum_repository:
+    name: thm-lxc2.0-local
+    description: "Local repository for LXC 2.0 packages on CentOS 7"
+    baseurl: "file:///opt/thm-lxc2.0"
+    enabled: no
     gpgcheck: yes
     gpgkey: "{{ lxc_centos_package_key }}"
     repo_gpgcheck: no
@@ -50,6 +67,14 @@
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
 
+- name: Create and enable local LXC package repository
+  command: "{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "reposync --repoid=thm-lxc2.0 --download_path=/tmp/"
+    - "createrepo /tmp/thm-lxc2.0"
+    - "rsync -a --delete /tmp/thm-lxc2.0/ /opt/thm-lxc2.0/"
+    - "yum-config-manager --enable thm-lxc2.0-local"
+
 - name: Install distro packages
   package:
     pkg: "{{ lxc_hosts_distro_packages }}"
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index 3b681137..f4a66c82 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ lxc_cache_map:
     {% endfor %}
     rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*
     # The containers do not need the LXC repository (only hosts need it).
-    rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/thm-lxc2.0.repo
+    rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/thm-lxc2.0*
     # Prefer dnf over yum for CentOS.
     which dnf &>/dev/null && RHT_PKG_MGR='dnf' || RHT_PKG_MGR='yum'
     # Create yum/dnf transaction file and run it all at once