diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 82f65cff..bc68c170 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ keystone_distro_packages:
   - git-core
   - openssh
   - rsync
+  - libpython2_7-1_0
 
 keystone_devel_distro_packages:
   - cyrus-sasl-devel
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index f09a12ba..41731e7d 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ keystone_distro_packages:
   - openssh-server
   - rsync
   - cron
+  - libpython2.7
 
 keystone_devel_distro_packages:
   - docutils-common