diff --git a/modules/jeepyb/manifests/init.pp b/modules/jeepyb/manifests/init.pp
index 81801b86f8..2dd263c54a 100644
--- a/modules/jeepyb/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/jeepyb/manifests/init.pp
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@
 class jeepyb (
   $git_source_repo = 'https://github.com/openstack-ci/jeepyb.git',
 ) {
-  $packages = [
-    'python-mysqldb',
-    'python-paramiko',
-  ]
 
-  package { $packages:
-    ensure => present,
+  if ! defined(Package['python-mysqldb']) {
+    package { 'python-mysqldb':
+      ensure   => present,
+    }
+  }
+
+  if ! defined(Package['python-paramiko']) {
+    package { 'python-paramiko':
+      ensure   => present,
+    }
   }
 
   if ! defined(Package['Pygithub']) {
diff --git a/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp b/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp
index f9023b8bb5..fddbec3e71 100644
--- a/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ class lodgeit {
                 'python-werkzeug',
                 'python-simplejson',
                 'python-pygments',
-                'drizzle',
-                'python-mysqldb' ]
+                'drizzle']
 
   include apache
 
@@ -24,6 +23,12 @@ class lodgeit {
     ensure => present,
   }
 
+  if ! defined(Package['python-mysqldb']) {
+    package { 'python-mysqldb':
+      ensure   => present,
+    }
+  }
+
   package { 'SQLAlchemy':
     ensure   => present,
     provider => pip,
diff --git a/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp b/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp
index f90777a8f3..6e83c52738 100644
--- a/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class zuul (
     'python-webob',
     'python-daemon',
     'python-lockfile',
-    'python-paramiko',
     'python-paste',
   ]
 
@@ -31,6 +30,12 @@ class zuul (
     }
   }
 
+  if ! defined(Package['python-paramiko']) {
+    package { 'python-paramiko':
+      ensure   => present,
+    }
+  }
+
   # Packages that need to be installed from pip
   $pip_packages = [
     'GitPython',