diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index 04af7f3110..a3fd4799c0 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ libvirt-python
 libxml2-python
 mysql-community-server # NOPRIME
 parted
+polkit
 python-M2Crypto
 python-m2crypto # dist:sle11sp2
 python-Paste
diff --git a/files/rpms/nova b/files/rpms/nova
index 7ff926b230..9d8891d97d 100644
--- a/files/rpms/nova
+++ b/files/rpms/nova
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ numpy # needed by websockify for spice console
 m2crypto
 mysql-server # NOPRIME
 parted
+polkit
 python-boto
 python-carrot
 python-cheetah