diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37988acf7..0f71ec2e8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ setuptools.setup(name='nova',
       packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['bin', 'smoketests']),
       include_package_data=True,
       test_suite='nose.collector',
+      setup_requires=['setuptools_git>=0.4'],
       scripts=['bin/nova-all',
                'bin/nova-api',
                'bin/nova-api-ec2',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 49d218600..08aa9686a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ downloadcache = ~/cache/pip
 
 [testenv:pep8]
 deps = pep8==1.1
-commands = pep8 --repeat --show-source --exclude=.venv,.tox,dist,doc .
+commands = pep8 --repeat --show-source --exclude=.venv,.tox,dist,doc,*egg .
 
 [testenv:cover]
 setenv = NOSE_WITH_COVERAGE=1