diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index 4ee0ff329..651178a63 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # The list of modules to copy from openstack-common
 module=apiclient
+module=py3kcompat
 module=strutils
 module=install_venv_common