diff --git a/software/neoppod/software-common.cfg b/software/neoppod/software-common.cfg
index 11795eecc5f138e7468c7d18d9647bbe428500c6..9045f7f620697cb75a6e62fe71aecbac01220d32 100644
--- a/software/neoppod/software-common.cfg
+++ b/software/neoppod/software-common.cfg
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ extends =
 #LXML
     ../../component/lxml-python/buildout.cfg
 #END LXML
+    ../../component/msgpack-python/buildout.cfg
     ../../component/patch/buildout.cfg
     ../../component/python-mysqlclient/buildout.cfg
     ../../component/python-cryptography/buildout.cfg
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ environment = neoppod-setup-env
 [neoppod]
 recipe = zc.recipe.egg
 eggs = neoppod[admin, ctl, master, storage-mysqldb]
+  ${msgpack-python:egg}
   ${python-mysqlclient:egg}
   psutil
   BTrees