the jsonify test was breaking because it imported from simplejson instead of json that should be installed via setup.py at build time.

tests/test_jsonify.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pecan.jsonify  import jsonify, encode
 from pecan          import Pecan, expose
 from webtest        import TestApp
-from simplejson     import loads
+from json           import loads
 
 
 def make_person():
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ class TestJsonify(object):
 
         r = app.get('/')
         assert r.status_int == 200
-        assert loads(r.body) == {'name':'Jonathan LaCour'}
+        assert loads(r.body) == {'name':'Jonathan LaCour'}