diff -up buildbot-0.8.6p1/bin/buildbot.bak buildbot-0.8.6p1/bin/buildbot
--- buildbot-0.8.6p1/bin/buildbot.bak	2012-07-16 09:25:30.086270669 -0700
+++ buildbot-0.8.6p1/bin/buildbot	2012-07-16 09:27:26.715063236 -0700
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+__requires__ = ['SQLAlchemy >= 0.6']
+import pkg_resources
+# Note, __require__ is a special variable name that's processed when we
+# *import* pkg_resources.  You can't change the name even if you change how
+# the below .require() call is done.
+pkg_resources.require(__requires__)
+
 from buildbot.scripts import runner
 runner.run()