diff --git a/files/apts/glance b/files/apts/glance
index a05e9f2ea7..0a80ff1a51 100644
--- a/files/apts/glance
+++ b/files/apts/glance
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 gcc
+libffi-dev
 libxml2-dev
 python-dev
 python-eventlet
diff --git a/files/apts/swift b/files/apts/swift
index 31bc4d8b6b..37d5bc049e 100644
--- a/files/apts/swift
+++ b/files/apts/swift
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 curl
 gcc
+libffi-dev
 memcached
 python-configobj
 python-coverage
diff --git a/files/rpms/glance b/files/rpms/glance
index eff6c2c038..89742a50b8 100644
--- a/files/rpms/glance
+++ b/files/rpms/glance
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+libffi-devel
 libxml2-devel
 python-argparse
 python-devel
diff --git a/files/rpms/swift b/files/rpms/swift
index 4e070116b9..1773f58f9f 100644
--- a/files/rpms/swift
+++ b/files/rpms/swift
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 curl
 gcc
+libffi-devel
 memcached
 python-configobj
 python-coverage