diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp
index 7e0a73be5c..e471b6c01a 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class openstack_project::jenkins_params {
       $graphviz_package = 'graphviz'
       $libcurl_dev_package = 'libcurl-devel'
       $ldap_dev_package = 'openldap-devel'
+      # $libjerasure_dev_package = 'libjerasure-devel' not yet available
       $librrd_dev_package = 'rrdtool-devel'
       # packages needed by document translation
       $gnome_doc_package = 'gnome-doc-utils'
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ class openstack_project::jenkins_params {
       $graphviz_package = 'graphviz'
       $libcurl_dev_package = 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev'
       $ldap_dev_package = 'libldap2-dev'
+      $libjerasure_dev_package = 'libjerasure-dev'
       $librrd_dev_package = 'librrd-dev'
       # packages needed by document translation
       $gnome_doc_package = 'gnome-doc-utils'
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp
index 3705c83307..1c1b2cd282 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp
@@ -94,11 +94,15 @@ class openstack_project::thick_slave(
       ensure => present,
     }
 
+    # for pyeclib, used by swift, not available before Trusty
+    package { $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::libjerasure_dev_package:
+      ensure => present,
+    }
+
     # Don't install the Ruby Gems profile script on Trusty
     file { '/etc/profile.d/rubygems.sh':
       ensure => absent,
     }
-
   } else {
 
     file { '/etc/profile.d/rubygems.sh':