diff --git a/containers/synchronizer/Dockerfile b/containers/synchronizer/Dockerfile
index 60cc48b..446bf84 100644
--- a/containers/synchronizer/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/synchronizer/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
     software-properties-common \
     supervisor
 
+# required for ansible 2.0 OpenStack os_* modules
+RUN pip install --upgrade pbr
+RUN pip install --upgrade six
+RUN pip install shade
+
 # Install ansible from PPA
 RUN add-apt-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y \