diff --git a/bin/ryu-manager b/bin/ryu-manager
index 4d6c4908..002cc590 100755
--- a/bin/ryu-manager
+++ b/bin/ryu-manager
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ from ryu.app import wsgi
 from ryu.base.app_manager import AppManager
 from ryu.controller import controller
 
+# TODO:
+#   Right now, we have our own patched copy of ovs python bindings
+#   Once our modification is upstreamed and widely deployed,
+#   use it
+import ryu.contrib
+
 
 FLAGS = gflags.FLAGS
 gflags.DEFINE_bool('version', False, 'output version information and exit')
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 2ca8e45a..a00d2a88 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function run_pylint {
 function run_pep8 {
   echo "Running pep8 ..."
 
-  PEP8_EXCLUDE="vcsversion.py,*.pyc"
+  PEP8_EXCLUDE="vcsversion.py,*.pyc,contrib"
   PEP8_OPTIONS="--exclude=$PEP8_EXCLUDE --repeat --show-source"
   PEP8_INCLUDE="bin/* ryu setup*.py"
   PEP8_LOG=pep8.log
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/__init__.py b/ryu/contrib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbceb1f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Ajust module loading path for third party library
+import os
+import sys
+
+for path in __path__:
+    if path in sys.path:
+        sys.path.remove(path)
+    path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    if path in sys.path:
+        sys.path.remove(path)
+    sys.path.insert(0, path)  # prioritize our own copy than system's