diff --git a/slave_scripts/build-venv.sh b/slave_scripts/build-venv.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -xe
+
+# Make sure there is a location on this builder to cache pip downloads
+mkdir -p ~/cache/pip
+export PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=~/cache/pip
+
+# Start with a clean slate
+rm -fr jenkins_venvs
+mkdir -p jenkins_venvs
+
+# Build a venv for every known branch
+for branch in `git branch -r |grep "origin/"|grep -v HEAD|sed "s/origin\///"`
+do
+  echo "Building venv for $branch"
+  git checkout $branch
+  mkdir -p jenkins_venvs/$branch
+  python tools/install_venv.py
+  virtualenv --relocatable .venv
+  tar cvfz jenkins_venvs/$branch/venv.tgz .venv
+  rm -fr .venv
+done
+git checkout master
diff --git a/slave_scripts/copy-venv.sh b/slave_scripts/copy-venv.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -xe
+
+# Support jobs, such as nova-docs, which are not yet triggered by gerrit
+if [ "x$GERRIT_BRANCH" = "x" ] ; then
+  GERRIT_BRANCH=master
+fi
+mv jenkins_venvs/$GERRIT_BRANCH/venv.tgz .
+rm -fr jenkins_venvs
+tar xfz venv.tgz
+rm venv.tgz
+perl -MCwd -ple '$CWD=Cwd::abs_path();s,^VIRTUAL_ENV=.*,VIRTUAL_ENV="$CWD/.venv",' -i .venv/bin/activate
+# This gets easy-install.pth as well as $PROJECT.pth.  Examples for glance:
+# easy-install.pth looks like: /home/jenkins/workspace/glance-venv/.venv/src/keystone
+# $PROJECT.pth looks like: /home/jenkins/workspace/glance-venv
+perl -MCwd -ple '$CWD=Cwd::abs_path();s,^/.*/workspace/[^/]+(/.*)$,$CWD$1,' -i .venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/*.pth
+# This is needed for the keystone install for glance
+perl -MCwd -ple '$CWD=Cwd::abs_path();s,^/.*/.venv/src/(.*),$CWD/.venv/src/$1,' -i .venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/*.egg-link
+# This is needed for the keystone install for glance
+perl -MCwd -ple '$CWD=Cwd::abs_path();s,/.*/.venv/src/(.*),$CWD/.venv/src/$1,' -i .venv/bin/*