diff --git a/files/apts/nova b/files/apts/nova
index a3b0cb1521..66f29c4baf 100644
--- a/files/apts/nova
+++ b/files/apts/nova
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ sudo
 qemu-kvm # NOPRIME
 qemu # dist:wheezy,jessie NOPRIME
 libvirt-bin # NOPRIME
+libvirt-dev # NOPRIME
 pm-utils
 libjs-jquery-tablesorter # Needed for coverage html reports
 vlan
diff --git a/files/rpms/nova b/files/rpms/nova
index dc1944b1de..f3261c6ae0 100644
--- a/files/rpms/nova
+++ b/files/rpms/nova
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ iputils
 kpartx
 kvm # NOPRIME
 libvirt-bin # NOPRIME
+libvirt-devel # NOPRIME
 libvirt-python # NOPRIME
 libxml2-python
 numpy # needed by websockify for spice console