diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2
index ab7bd9b265..2d1e69b768 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ try:
 
     config['moksha.monitoring.socket'] = \
         'ipc:///var/run/fedmsg/monitoring-%s.socket' % proc.name
-except OSError:
+except (OSError, ImportError):
     # We run into issues when trying to import psutil from mod_wsgi on rhel7
     # but this feature is of no concern in that context, so just fail quietly.
     # https://github.com/jmflinuxtx/kerneltest-harness/pull/17#issuecomment-48007837
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
index 5cc65aa6b2..027d032afd 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import traceback
 psutil = None
 try:
     import psutil
-except OSError:
+except (OSError, ImportError):
     # We run into issues when trying to import psutil from inside mod_wsgi on
     # rhel7.  If we hit that here, then just fail quietly.
     # https://github.com/jmflinuxtx/kerneltest-harness/pull/17#issuecomment-48007837