2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kolla/cmd/build.py b/kolla/cmd/build.py
index d0d6ab7d9..4674de762 100755
--- a/kolla/cmd/build.py
+++ b/kolla/cmd/build.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search path to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
+#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools instead of
+#                 pip installed kolla tools
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../..'))
 if PROJECT_ROOT not in sys.path:
diff --git a/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py b/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
index 288b35036..e548b9ab4 100755
--- a/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
+++ b/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@ import argparse
 import os
 import random
 import string
+import sys
 import uuid
 import yaml
 
 from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
 
+# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search path to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
+#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools instead of
+#                 pip installed kolla tools
+PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
+    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../..'))
+if PROJECT_ROOT not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, PROJECT_ROOT)
+
 
 def generate_RSA(bits=4096):
     new_key = RSA.generate(bits, os.urandom)