diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8044cd5..5923c51 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 ---
-# defaults file for apigee-opdk-setup-os-pip/
\ No newline at end of file
+# defaults file for apigee-opdk-setup-os-pip/
+pip_packages:
+- httplib2
+- pexpect
+- passlib
+- requests
+- kazoo