diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f454e95c..7155fa0d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Certbot adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 
 * Support for Python 3.8 was added to Certbot and all of its components.
+* Support for CentOS 8 was added to certbot-auto.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index ae7dc1d16..457701743 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
     RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=1
   elif [ "$RPM_DIST_NAME" = "rhel" -a "$RPM_DIST_VERSION" -ge 8 ]; then
     RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=1
+  elif [ "$RPM_DIST_NAME" = "centos" -a "$RPM_DIST_VERSION" -ge 8 ]; then
+    RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=1
   else
     RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=0
   fi
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
index b38aa7017..31c5bb134 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
     RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=1
   elif [ "$RPM_DIST_NAME" = "rhel" -a "$RPM_DIST_VERSION" -ge 8 ]; then
     RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=1
+  elif [ "$RPM_DIST_NAME" = "centos" -a "$RPM_DIST_VERSION" -ge 8 ]; then
+    RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=1
   else
     RPM_USE_PYTHON_3=0
   fi