diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp
index b259f75348..9114bab061 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp
@@ -94,10 +94,14 @@ class openstack_project::puppetmaster (
   package { ['python-cinderclient', 'python-novaclient']:
     ensure   => latest,
     provider => pip,
+    require  => Package['python-lxml'],
   }
   package { 'python-paramiko':
     ensure => present,
   }
+  package { 'python-lxml':
+    ensure => present,
+  }
 
 # Enable puppetdb