diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
index b912daeba4..7b0f26f366 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@
     - pyflakes          # Requested by user rholy (ticket #4175)
     - devscripts-minimal # Required by FedoraReview
     - firefox           # Required for rube
+    - python-devel      # Required for mpi4py
+    - python3-devel     # Required for mpi4py
+    - pwgen             # Required for mpi4py
+    - openmpi-devel     # Required for mpi4py
+    - mpich2-devel      # Required for mpi4py
     tags:
     - packages