diff --git a/elements/heat-cfntools/install.d/05-heat-cfntools b/elements/heat-cfntools/install.d/05-heat-cfntools
index be4cb1411..47e2e6147 100755
--- a/elements/heat-cfntools/install.d/05-heat-cfntools
+++ b/elements/heat-cfntools/install.d/05-heat-cfntools
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ mkdir -p /opt/stack/venvs
 VENV=/opt/stack/venvs/heat-cfntools
 virtualenv $VENV
 
+# bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+$VENV/bin/pip install -U 'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'
+
 $VENV/bin/pip install heat-cfntools
 
 # symlink to /opt/aws/bin
diff --git a/elements/openstack-clients/bin/install-openstack-client b/elements/openstack-clients/bin/install-openstack-client
index 3551ba66f..e0fcd3759 100755
--- a/elements/openstack-clients/bin/install-openstack-client
+++ b/elements/openstack-clients/bin/install-openstack-client
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ set -u
 # downloading from pypi using http_proxy and https_proxy
 pip install -U 'setuptools>=1.0'
 
+# bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+pip install -U 'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'
+
+
 pushd /opt/stack/$repo
 if [ -e requirements.txt ]; then
     pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/elements/os-apply-config/install.d/os-apply-config-source-install/10-os-config-applier b/elements/os-apply-config/install.d/os-apply-config-source-install/10-os-config-applier
index b78f38f8c..da2c1225f 100755
--- a/elements/os-apply-config/install.d/os-apply-config-source-install/10-os-config-applier
+++ b/elements/os-apply-config/install.d/os-apply-config-source-install/10-os-config-applier
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ virtualenv --setuptools /opt/stack/venvs/os-apply-config
 # https://pypi.python.org/simple/ if using http_proxy and https_proxy
 # envvars
 /opt/stack/venvs/os-apply-config/bin/pip install -U 'setuptools>=1.0'
+# bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+/opt/stack/venvs/os-apply-config/bin/pip install -U 'pbr>=0.6,<1.0'
 /opt/stack/venvs/os-apply-config/bin/pip install -U os-apply-config
 
 ln -s /opt/stack/venvs/os-apply-config/bin/os-apply-config /usr/local/bin/os-apply-config
diff --git a/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/os-collect-config-source-install/10-os-collect-config b/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/os-collect-config-source-install/10-os-collect-config
index 2362cc8e3..2de3f689d 100755
--- a/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/os-collect-config-source-install/10-os-collect-config
+++ b/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/os-collect-config-source-install/10-os-collect-config
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ virtualenv --setuptools /opt/stack/venvs/os-collect-config
 # Need setuptools>=1.0 to manage connections when
 # downloading from pypi using http_proxy and https_proxy
 /opt/stack/venvs/os-collect-config/bin/pip install -U 'setuptools>=1.0'
+# bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+/opt/stack/venvs/os-collect-config/bin/pip install -U 'pbr>=0.6,<1.0'
 /opt/stack/venvs/os-collect-config/bin/pip install -U os-collect-config
 
 ln -s /opt/stack/venvs/os-collect-config/bin/os-collect-config /usr/local/bin/os-collect-config
diff --git a/elements/os-refresh-config/install.d/os-refresh-config-source-install/10-os-refresh-config b/elements/os-refresh-config/install.d/os-refresh-config-source-install/10-os-refresh-config
index e98ee2bfb..e81979260 100755
--- a/elements/os-refresh-config/install.d/os-refresh-config-source-install/10-os-refresh-config
+++ b/elements/os-refresh-config/install.d/os-refresh-config-source-install/10-os-refresh-config
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ virtualenv --setuptools /opt/stack/venvs/os-refresh-config
 # downloading from pypi using http_proxy and https_proxy
 /opt/stack/venvs/os-refresh-config/bin/pip install -U pip
 /opt/stack/venvs/os-refresh-config/bin/pip install -U 'setuptools>=1.0'
+# bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+/opt/stack/venvs/os-refresh-config/bin/pip install -U 'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'
 /opt/stack/venvs/os-refresh-config/bin/pip install -U os-refresh-config
 
 ln -s /opt/stack/venvs/os-refresh-config/bin/os-refresh-config /usr/local/bin/os-refresh-config
diff --git a/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install b/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install
index a0226cb14..5dc7680ce 100755
--- a/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install
+++ b/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ function python-install() {
   # https_proxy envvars
   pip install -U 'setuptools>=1.0'
 
+  # bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+  pip install -U 'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'
+
   if [ -n "$reqs" ] ; then
        pip install -r $reqs
        # FIXME: pip requires doesn't include MySQL-python
diff --git a/elements/swift-proxy/install.d/swift-source-install/76-swift-proxy b/elements/swift-proxy/install.d/swift-source-install/76-swift-proxy
index 23e26ddb9..c863e0667 100755
--- a/elements/swift-proxy/install.d/swift-source-install/76-swift-proxy
+++ b/elements/swift-proxy/install.d/swift-source-install/76-swift-proxy
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -eux
 
+# bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+$SWIFT_VENV_DIR/bin/pip install -U 'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'
+
 # This is only needed if using keystone auth, so isn't in requirements.txt
 $SWIFT_VENV_DIR/bin/pip install python-keystoneclient
 
diff --git a/elements/tempest/install.d/51-tempest b/elements/tempest/install.d/51-tempest
index 94490b568..7036fb6c5 100755
--- a/elements/tempest/install.d/51-tempest
+++ b/elements/tempest/install.d/51-tempest
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ os-svc-install -u tempest -r /opt/stack/tempest
 
 source $TEMPEST_VENV_DIR/bin/activate
 cd /opt/stack/tempest
+# bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
+pip install -U 'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0'
+
 pip install -r test-requirements.txt
 testr init