diff --git a/files/debs/neutron b/files/debs/neutron
index 2307fa54d5..e30f678f7a 100644
--- a/files/debs/neutron
+++ b/files/debs/neutron
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ acl
 dnsmasq-base
 dnsmasq-utils # for dhcp_release only available in dist:precise
 ebtables
+haproxy # to serve as metadata proxy inside router/dhcp namespaces
 iptables
 iputils-arping
 iputils-ping
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/neutron b/files/rpms-suse/neutron
index e9abc6eca6..d1cc73f115 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/neutron
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/neutron
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ acl
 dnsmasq
 dnsmasq-utils # dist:opensuse-12.3,opensuse-13.1
 ebtables
+haproxy # to serve as metadata proxy inside router/dhcp namespaces
 iptables
 iputils
 mariadb # NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/rpms/neutron b/files/rpms/neutron
index 2e49a0cf93..a4e029a6eb 100644
--- a/files/rpms/neutron
+++ b/files/rpms/neutron
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ acl
 dnsmasq # for q-dhcp
 dnsmasq-utils # for dhcp_release
 ebtables
+haproxy # to serve as metadata proxy inside router/dhcp namespaces
 iptables
 iputils
 mysql-devel