diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aacc023a656..f0487ddb727 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ network_closure.sh
 /third_party/etcd*
 
 .tags*
+
+# Any compiled python
+*.pyc
diff --git a/cluster/gce/kube-env.py b/cluster/gce/kube-env.py
index a48c8799269..747b4677bdc 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/kube-env.py
+++ b/cluster/gce/kube-env.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+
+filedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.normpath(os.path.join(filedir, "../../third_party/PyYAML/lib")))
 import yaml
 
 def mutate_env(path, var, value):