diff --git a/inc/python b/inc/python
index 9938f98545..2e4eff02ea 100644
--- a/inc/python
+++ b/inc/python
@@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ function use_library_from_git {
 function lib_installed_from_git {
     local name=$1
     local safe_name
+    # TODO(mordred) This is a special case for python-openstacksdk, where the
+    # repo name and the pip name do not match. We should either add systemic
+    # support for providing aliases, or we should rename the git repo.
+    if [[ $name == 'python-openstacksdk' ]] ; then
+        name=openstacksdk
+    fi
     safe_name=$(python -c "from pkg_resources import safe_name; \
         print(safe_name('${name}'))")
     # Note "pip freeze" doesn't always work here, because it tries to