diff --git a/pkg/smartos/esky/requirements.txt b/pkg/smartos/esky/requirements.txt
index 73b4f128584..1551b626239 100644
--- a/pkg/smartos/esky/requirements.txt
+++ b/pkg/smartos/esky/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GitPython==0.3.2.RC1
-dateutils
+python-dateutil
 pyghmi
 croniter
 Mako
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51f8d9dffb7..8fa215ecb99 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ class SaltDistribution(distutils.dist.Distribution):
             # all these should be safe to force include
             freezer_includes.extend([
                 'cherrypy',
-                'dateutils',
+                'python-dateutil',
                 'pyghmi',
                 'croniter',
                 'mako',