diff --git a/conf/pips/glance.json b/conf/pips/glance.json
index 2e40719c..1cb9966c 100644
--- a/conf/pips/glance.json
+++ b/conf/pips/glance.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         "Routes": {
             "version": "1.12.3"
         },
-        
         #the base is 2.0, need to upgrade
         "pycrypto": {
             "version": "2.5",
diff --git a/conf/pips/quantum.json b/conf/pips/quantum.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59f4e762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/pips/quantum.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# This is a extended json package definition file 
+# We allow simple comments (lines starting with a hash symbol)
+{
+    "ubuntu-oneiric": {
+    },
+    "rhel-6": {
+        "SQLAlchemy": {
+            "version": "0.7.5"
+        },
+        "sqlalchemy-migrate": {
+            "version": "0.7.2"
+        },
+        #the newest we can get is 1.3.3 from epel/rhel
+        #this causes issues like the following
+        #https://answers.launchpad.net/nova/+question/174160
+        #https://answers.launchpad.net/nova/+question/185116
+        "PasteDeploy": {
+            "version": "1.5"
+        },
+        "PasteScript": {
+            "version": "1.7.5"
+        },
+        "Paste": {
+            "version": "1.7.5.1"
+        },
+        "Routes": {
+            "version": "1.12.3"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/conf/pkgs/quantum-openvswitch.json b/conf/pkgs/quantum-openvswitch.json
index 866e86ae..f9088f8d 100644
--- a/conf/pkgs/quantum-openvswitch.json
+++ b/conf/pkgs/quantum-openvswitch.json
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@
         }
     },
     "rhel-6": {
-        #TBD
+        "MySQL-python": {
+            "version": "1.2*",
+            "removable": true
+        },
+        "SQLAlchemy": {
+            "version": "0.7.5"
+        }
     },
     "fedora-16": {
-        # Not available yet
-#        "openvswitch": {
-#            "version": "1.4*",
-#            "removable": true
-#        },
         # Seems needed for ovs_quantum_agent.py
         "python-sqlalchemy": {
             "version": "0.7*",
diff --git a/conf/pkgs/quantum.json b/conf/pkgs/quantum.json
index 21e3bdfa..7b74ce1c 100644
--- a/conf/pkgs/quantum.json
+++ b/conf/pkgs/quantum.json
@@ -35,9 +35,33 @@
         }
     },
     "rhel-6": {
-        #TBD
+        "python-greenlet": {
+            "version": "0.3.1*",
+            "removable": true,
+            "meta": {
+                "epel" : true
+            }
+        },
+        "python-eventlet": {
+            "version": "0.9*",
+            "removable": true,
+            "meta": {
+                "epel" : true
+            }
+        },
+        "python-gflags": {
+            "version": "1.4*",
+            "removable": true,
+            "meta": {
+                "epel" : true
+            }
+        },
+        "libxml2-python": {
+            "version": "2.7*",
+            "removable": false
+        }
     },
-    "fedoara-16": {
+    "fedora-16": {
         "python-eventlet": {
             "version": "0.9*",
             "removable": true
diff --git a/devstack/components/quantum.py b/devstack/components/quantum.py
index 0303c894..9ee45252 100644
--- a/devstack/components/quantum.py
+++ b/devstack/components/quantum.py
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ APP_OPTIONS = {
 #the pkg json files quantum requires for installation
 REQ_PKGS = ['general.json', 'quantum.json']
 
+#pip files that nova requires
+REQ_PIPS = ['quantum.json']
+
 
 class QuantumUninstaller(comp.PkgUninstallComponent):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
@@ -102,6 +105,9 @@ class QuantumInstaller(comp.PkgInstallComponent):
         })
         return places
 
+    def _get_pips(self):
+        return list(REQ_PIPS)
+
     def get_dependencies(self):
         common_deps = comp.PkgInstallComponent.get_dependencies(self)
         add_deps = list()