diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
index 9c8eab78bd0..f2b56b3842a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ uWSGI==2.0.15
 #python_lzo==1.8
 
 # pure Python packages
+bz2file==0.98
 Paste==2.0.2
 PasteDeploy==1.5.2
 docutils==0.12
@@ -80,4 +81,4 @@ pysam==0.8.4+gx5
 chronos-python==0.38.0
 
 # GenomeSpace dependencies
-python-genomespaceclient==0.1.8
\ No newline at end of file
+python-genomespaceclient==0.1.8
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/requirements.txt
index 8a3141a5f48..9f3d9b9ecd2 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pycrypto
 #python_lzo
 
 # pure Python packages
+bz2file
 Paste
 PasteDeploy
 docutils