diff --git a/scripts/galaxy_messaging/galaxydb_interface.py b/scripts/galaxy_messaging/galaxydb_interface.py
index 16645f71b48..01c01e04da2 100644
--- a/scripts/galaxy_messaging/galaxydb_interface.py
+++ b/scripts/galaxy_messaging/galaxydb_interface.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ new_path.extend( sys.path[1:] ) # remove scripts/ from the path
 sys.path = new_path
 from galaxy import eggs
 import pkg_resources
-#pkg_resources.require( "psycopg2 >= 2.0.6" )
+pkg_resources.require( "psycopg2" )
+import psycopg2
 pkg_resources.require( "SQLAlchemy >= 0.4" )
 from sqlalchemy import *
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker