diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ef930b6..782bb21 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# Copyright 2016 Internet Solutions (Pty) Ltd
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -10,16 +8,22 @@
 #
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
-# (c) 2016 Donovan Francesco <donovan.francesco@is.co.za>
-# (c) 2016 Paul Stevens <paul.stevens@is.co.za>
-#
+
 # THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
 import setuptools
 
+# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
+# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
+# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
+try:
+    import multiprocessing  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644