diff --git a/plugins/inventory/gce.py b/plugins/inventory/gce.py
index e77178c16b..76e14f2301 100755
--- a/plugins/inventory/gce.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/gce.py
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ Author: Eric Johnson <erjohnso@google.com>
 Version: 0.0.1
 '''
 
+__requires__ = ['pycrypto>=2.6']
+try:
+    import pkg_resources
+except ImportError:
+    # Use pkg_resources to find the correct versions of libraries and set
+    # sys.path appropriately when there are multiversion installs.  We don't
+    # fail here as there is code that better expresses the errors where the
+    # library is used.
+    pass
+
 USER_AGENT_PRODUCT="Ansible-gce_inventory_plugin"
 USER_AGENT_VERSION="v1"