diff --git a/tools/init-runonce b/tools/init-runonce
index 39f7337977..a0f2dc891c 100755
--- a/tools/init-runonce
+++ b/tools/init-runonce
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ unset LANG
 unset LANGUAGE
 LC_ALL=C
 export LC_ALL
-
+for i in curl nova neutron openstack; do
+  if [[ ! $(which $i) ]]; then
+    echo "$i not installed. Please install $i before proceeding"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
 # Move to top level directory
 REAL_PATH=$(python -c "import os,sys;print os.path.realpath('$0')")
 cd "$(dirname "$REAL_PATH")/.."