diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-flock-paparazzi-badge b/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-flock-paparazzi-badge
index ac7df3e3d2..176fc1830b 100644
--- a/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-flock-paparazzi-badge
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-flock-paparazzi-badge
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Author: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import __main__
+__main__.__requires__ = __requires__ = ["tahrir-api", "sqlalchemy>=0.7"];
+import pkg_resources
+pkg_resources.require(__requires__)
+
 import socket
 import time
 import getpass