1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/nova-api b/bin/nova-api
index a3ad5a0e1..ede09d38c 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api
+++ b/bin/nova-api
@@ -22,9 +22,19 @@ Tornado daemon for the main API endpoint.
 """
 
 import logging
+import os
+import sys
 from tornado import httpserver
 from tornado import ioloop
 
+# If ../nova/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that
+# it will override what happens to be installed in /usr/(local/)lib/python...
+possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
+                                   os.pardir,
+                                   os.pardir))
+if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
+    sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
+
 from nova import flags
 from nova import server
 from nova import utils