diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 8546471d..8c5dff2f 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ nova_distro_packages:
   - git-core
   - iptables
   - python-openstackclient
+  - libpython2_7-1_0
 
 nova_devel_distro_packages:
   - libxml2-devel
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index bbc12ed6..afc0a965 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ nova_distro_packages:
   - git
   - iptables
   - python-openstackclient
+  - libpython2.7
 
 nova_devel_distro_packages:
   - libpq-dev