diff --git a/files/apts/n-cpu b/files/apts/n-cpu
index b287107256..a82304dfe2 100644
--- a/files/apts/n-cpu
+++ b/files/apts/n-cpu
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ open-iscsi-utils # Deprecated since quantal dist:precise
 genisoimage
 sysfsutils
 sg3-utils
-python-guestfs
+python-guestfs # NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/rpms/n-cpu b/files/rpms/n-cpu
index e4fdaf4eda..32b1546c39 100644
--- a/files/rpms/n-cpu
+++ b/files/rpms/n-cpu
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ lvm2
 genisoimage
 sysfsutils
 sg3_utils
-python-libguestfs
+python-libguestfs # NOPRIME
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
index 415244ffae..7f0880494e 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
@@ -140,10 +140,12 @@ function install_nova_hypervisor() {
         install_package kvm
         install_package libvirt-bin
         install_package python-libvirt
+        install_package python-guestfs
     elif is_fedora || is_suse; then
         install_package kvm
         install_package libvirt
         install_package libvirt-python
+        install_package python-libguestfs
     fi
 
     # Install and configure **LXC** if specified.  LXC is another approach to