diff --git a/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi b/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi
index 0a052d249..17ca25033 100644
--- a/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi
+++ b/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import sys
 import django.core.handlers.wsgi
 from django.conf import settings
 
+# Add this file path to sys.path in order to import settings
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../..'))
 os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'dashboard.settings'
 sys.stdout = sys.stderr