diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index f7bf0335b..30587f4a3 100755
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ function install_monasca_api_python {
     echo_summary "Install Monasca monasca_api_python"
 
     sudo apt-get -y install python-dev
+    sudo apt-get -y install python-mysqldb
+    sudo apt-get -y install libmysqlclient-dev
 
     (cd /opt/monasca; sudo -H ./bin/pip install gunicorn)