--- /dev/null
+diff -Naur ceilometer-2014.1.b2.orig/ceilometer/__init__.py ceilometer-2014.1.b2/ceilometer/__init__.py
+--- ceilometer-2014.1.b2.orig/ceilometer/__init__.py 2014-01-23 14:55:44.000000000 +0000
++++ ceilometer-2014.1.b2/ceilometer/__init__.py 2014-01-27 15:03:39.691353920 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
++import sys
++import pkg_resources
++
++# If there is a conflicting non egg module,
++# i.e. an older standard system module installed,
++# then replace it with this requirement
++def replace_dist(requirement):
++ try:
++ return pkg_resources.require(requirement)
++ except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:
++ e = sys.exc_info()[1]
++ dist=e.args[0]
++ req=e.args[1]
++ if dist.key == req.key and not dist.location.endswith('.egg'):
++ del pkg_resources.working_set.by_key[dist.key]
++ # We assume there is no need to adjust sys.path
++ # and the associated pkg_resources.working_set.entries
++ return pkg_resources.require(requirement)
++
++replace_dist("WebOb >= 1.2")
++replace_dist("SQLAlchemy >= 0.7.3")