diff --git a/files/apts/nova b/files/apts/nova
index b7d1e928da..39b4060ee8 100644
--- a/files/apts/nova
+++ b/files/apts/nova
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ python-libvirt
 python-libxml2
 python-routes
 python-netaddr
+python-numpy # used by websockify for spice console
 python-pastedeploy
 python-eventlet
 python-cheetah
diff --git a/files/rpms/nova b/files/rpms/nova
index 88ad8c3183..568ee7f521 100644
--- a/files/rpms/nova
+++ b/files/rpms/nova
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ kvm
 libvirt-bin # NOPRIME
 libvirt-python
 libxml2-python
+numpy # needed by websockify for spice console
 m2crypto
 mysql-server # NOPRIME
 parted