diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b4a42bcd..b7eac775 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ keystone_oslomsg_notify_userid: "{{ keystone_oslomsg_rpc_userid }}"
 keystone_oslomsg_notify_password: "{{ keystone_oslomsg_rpc_password }}"
 keystone_oslomsg_notify_vhost: "{{ keystone_oslomsg_rpc_vhost }}"
 
+## (Qdrouterd) info
+# TODO(ansmith): Change structure when more backends will be supported
+keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled: "{{ keystone_oslomsg_rpc_transport == 'amqp' }}"
+
 ## Role info
 keystone_role_name: admin
 keystone_default_role_name: _member_
@@ -446,6 +450,11 @@ keystone_pip_packages:
   - python-openstackclient
   - systemd-python
   - uWSGI
+  - pyngus
+
+# optional pip packages
+keystone_optional_oslomsg_amqp1_pip_packages:
+  - oslo.messaging[amqp1]
 
 # This variable is used by the repo_build process to determine
 # which host group to check for members of before building the
diff --git a/tasks/keystone_install_source.yml b/tasks/keystone_install_source.yml
index f6265093..420f60b0 100644
--- a/tasks/keystone_install_source.yml
+++ b/tasks/keystone_install_source.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
     venv_install_destination_path: "{{ keystone_bin | dirname }}"
     venv_install_distro_package_list: "{{ keystone_distro_packages }}"
     venv_pip_install_args: "{{ keystone_pip_install_args }}"
-    venv_pip_packages: "{{ keystone_pip_packages }}"
+    venv_pip_packages: >-
+      {{ keystone_pip_packages +
+         (keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled | bool) | ternary(keystone_optional_oslomsg_amqp1_pip_packages, []) }}
     venv_facts_when_changed:
       - section: "keystone"
         option: "need_db_expand"
diff --git a/vars/distro_install.yml b/vars/distro_install.yml
index c8ee81ad..73d725d3 100644
--- a/vars/distro_install.yml
+++ b/vars/distro_install.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ keystone_package_list: |-
   {% else %}
   {%   set _ = packages.extend(keystone_nginx_distro_packages) %}
   {% endif %}
+  {% if keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled | bool %}
+  {%   set _ = packages.extend(keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_distro_packages) %}
+  {% endif %}
   {% set _ = packages.extend(keystone_service_distro_packages) %}
   {{ packages }}
 
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index 874fb261..5bcbd36e 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ keystone_sp_distro_packages:
 keystone_developer_mode_distro_packages:
   - gcc
 
+keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_distro_packages:
+  - cyrus-sasl-lib
+  - cyrus-sasl-plain
+  - cyrus-sasl-md5
+
 keystone_apache_default_sites:
   - "/etc/httpd/conf.d/userdir.conf"
   - "/etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf"
diff --git a/vars/source_install.yml b/vars/source_install.yml
index b9a8584d..9228fba2 100644
--- a/vars/source_install.yml
+++ b/vars/source_install.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ keystone_package_list: |-
   {% if keystone_developer_mode | bool %}
   {%   set _ = packages.extend(keystone_developer_mode_distro_packages) %}
   {% endif %}
+  {% if keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled | bool %}
+  {%   set _ = packages.extend(keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_distro_packages) %}
+  {% endif %}
   {% set _ = packages.extend(keystone_devel_distro_packages) %}
   {{ packages }}
 
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
index eb8b3a10..c16e4af3 100644
--- a/vars/suse-42.yml
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ keystone_sp_distro_packages:
 keystone_developer_mode_distro_packages:
   - patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis
 
+keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_distro_packages:
+  - cyrus-sasl
+  - cyrus-sasl-plain
+  - cyrus-sasl-digestmd5
+
 keystone_apache_default_sites:
   - "/etc/apache2/conf.d/gitweb.conf"
 
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index ad1787b5..0bf168ea 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ keystone_sp_distro_packages:
 keystone_developer_mode_distro_packages:
   - build-essential
 
+keystone_oslomsg_amqp1_distro_packages:
+  - libsasl2-modules
+  - sasl2-bin
+
 keystone_apache_default_sites:
   - "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf"