diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5b52f18..488f0b29 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ try:
         'pytz',
         'six',
         'oauthlib==0.5.0',
+
+        # Annoying.  Please remove!  we only indirectly use pbr, and
+        # currently it breaks things, presumably till their next
+        # release.
+        'pbr==0.5.22',
         ## This is optional!
         # 'translitcodec',
         ## For now we're expecting that users will install this from