diff --git a/debian/contrail/debian/control b/debian/contrail/debian/control
index 5798e354..6c061bda 100644
--- a/debian/contrail/debian/control
+++ b/debian/contrail/debian/control
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Package: python-contrail
 Architecture: all
 Section: python
 Depends: python-bottle,
-         python-gevent,
+         python-gevent (>= 1.0),
          python-importlib,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python:Depends}
diff --git a/rpm/contrail/contrail.spec b/rpm/contrail/contrail.spec
index d4be94e6..8c3c697a 100644
--- a/rpm/contrail/contrail.spec
+++ b/rpm/contrail/contrail.spec
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Summary:            Contrail Python Lib
 Group:              Applications/System
 Obsoletes:          contrail-api-lib
 Requires:	    python-bottle >= 0.11.6
-Requires:	    python-gevent
+Requires:	    python-gevent >= 1.0
 Requires:       consistent_hash
 %if 0%{?rhel} <= 6
 Requires:          python-importlib
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Group:              Applications/System
 BuildArch: noarch
 Requires: python-contrail >= %{_verstr}-%{_relstr}
 Requires: python-bitarray >= 0.8.0
-Requires: python-gevent
+Requires: python-gevent >= 1.0
 Requires: python-geventhttpclient
 Requires: python-lxml >= 2.3.2
 Requires: python-pycassa