diff --git a/other-requirements.txt b/other-requirements.txt
index a25b2cff..68b54538 100644
--- a/other-requirements.txt
+++ b/other-requirements.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@
 # and the disk images are rebuilt and redeployed.
 curl
 apt-transport-https
+
+# Requirements for Paramiko 2.0
+libssl-dev
+libffi-dev
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 6a711cf2..d9d15b8a 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ FUNCTIONAL_TEST=${FUNCTIONAL_TEST:-true}
 
 # prep the host
 if [ "$(which apt-get)" ]; then
-  apt-get install -y build-essential python2.7 python-dev git-core
+  apt-get install -y build-essential python2.7 python-dev git-core libssl-dev libffi-dev
 fi
 
 # get pip, if necessary