diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index eecec10644..56b4a26ea2 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 
+# The list of modules to copy from oslo-incubator
+module=fileutils
+
 # The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
 base=ceilometer