diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 278ffab8f6..0d03045e80 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
       tools/test-setup.sh.
     vars:
       tox_envlist: py27
+      bindep_profile: test py27
       python_version: 2.7
     post-run: tools/playbooks/common/cover-post.yaml
 
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index fd57584c81..817ec56301 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ libxslt-devel [platform:rpm]
 libxslt1-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libxslt-dev [platform:apk]
 memcached
-python-dev [platform:dpkg platform:apk !platform:ubuntu-jammy]
-python-devel [platform:rpm !py36]
+python-dev [py27 platform:dpkg platform:apk !platform:ubuntu-jammy]
+python-devel [py27 platform:rpm]
 python3-dev [platform:dpkg platform:apk test]
 python3-devel [platform:rpm !py27 test]
 # python3-devel does not pull in the python3 package on openSUSE so