diff --git a/ansible/roles/murano/tasks/start.yml b/ansible/roles/murano/tasks/start.yml
index f1c0962468..5d8282f120 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/murano/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/murano/tasks/start.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,42 @@
       - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
       - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['murano-api']
+
+- name: Waiting for Murano API service to be ready
+  wait_for:
+    host: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}"
+    port: "{{ murano_api_port }}"
+    connect_timeout: 1
+    timeout: 60
+  run_once: True
+  register: check_murano_port
+  until: check_murano_port | success
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 6
+  when: inventory_hostname in groups['murano-api']
+
+- name: Checking if Murano core library package exists
+  command: "docker exec murano_api murano \
+                --os-username admin \
+                --os-password {{ keystone_admin_password }} \
+                --os-project-name admin \
+                --os-auth-url \
+                    {{ admin_protocol }}://{{ kolla_internal_fqdn }}:{{ keystone_admin_port }}/v3 \
+                package-list"
+  register: status
+  changed_when: False
+  run_once: True
+  when: inventory_hostname in groups['murano-api']
+
+- name: Importing Murano core library package
+  command: "docker exec murano_api murano \
+                --os-username admin \
+                --os-password {{ keystone_admin_password }} \
+                --os-project-name admin \
+                --os-auth-url \
+                    {{ admin_protocol }}://{{ kolla_internal_fqdn }}:{{ keystone_admin_port }}/v3 \
+                package-import --is-public /io.murano.zip"
+  run_once: True
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname in groups['murano-api']
+    - status.stdout.find("io.murano") == -1
diff --git a/docker/murano/murano-api/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/murano/murano-api/Dockerfile.j2
index 611d3131ca..76dc174f49 100644
--- a/docker/murano/murano-api/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/murano/murano-api/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 
 {% if install_type == 'binary' %}
     {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+RUN ln -s /var/cache/murano/meta/io.murano.zip /io.murano.zip
        {% set murano_api_packages = ['openstack-murano-api'] %}
     {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu'] %}
+RUN ln -s /usr/share/murano-common/io.murano.zip /io.murano.zip
         {% set murano_api_packages = ['murano-api'] %}
     {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/docker/murano/murano-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/murano/murano-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 5649cc56b9..295f327a4e 100644
--- a/docker/murano/murano-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/murano/murano-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ RUN ln -s murano-base-source/* murano \
     && /var/lib/kolla/venv/bin/pip --no-cache-dir install --upgrade -c requirements/upper-constraints.txt /murano \
     && mkdir -p /etc/murano /home/murano \
     && cp -r /murano/etc/murano/* /etc/murano/ \
-    && chown -R murano: /etc/murano /home/murano
+    && chown -R murano: /etc/murano /home/murano \
+    && cd murano/meta/io.murano \
+    && zip -r /io.murano.zip *
 
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2
index c3d6dc2a9d..99544749a0 100644
--- a/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
             'postgresql',
             'postgresql-devel',
             'python-devel',
-            'sqlite-devel'
+            'sqlite-devel',
+            'zip'
         ] %}
     {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] %}
         {% set openstack_base_packages = [
@@ -217,11 +218,13 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
             'libyaml-dev',
             'libz-dev',
             'pkg-config',
-            'git'
+            'git',
+            'zip'
         ] %}
     {% endif %}
 
 {{ macros.install_packages(openstack_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+
 ADD openstack-base-archive /openstack-base-source
 RUN ln -s openstack-base-source/* /requirements \
     && mkdir -p /var/lib/kolla \
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/import-murano-core-library-86f00abaa21cfb94.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/import-murano-core-library-86f00abaa21cfb94.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fde8e8a563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/import-murano-core-library-86f00abaa21cfb94.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Import Murano core libary during install required
+    for Murano operation.