diff --git a/share/install_gems/install_gems b/share/install_gems/install_gems
index 62bbd5ecf1..2005aa1c11 100755
--- a/share/install_gems/install_gems
+++ b/share/install_gems/install_gems
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ENV['PATH'] += ENV['PATH'] + ':/usr/local/bin'
 
 require 'pp'
 
-DEFAULT_PRE=%w{sunstone quota cloud auth_ldap vmware oneflow ec2_hybrid oca onedb market}
+DEFAULT_PRE=%w{sunstone quota cloud auth_ldap vmware oneflow ec2_hybrid oca onedb market hooks}
 
 if defined?(RUBY_VERSION) && RUBY_VERSION>="1.8.7"
     SQLITE='sqlite3'
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ GROUPS={
     :ec2_hybrid => 'aws-sdk --version "~> 2.5"',
     :oca        => 'ox',
     :market     => 'aws-sdk',
-    :onedb      => "mysql2"
+    :onedb      => "mysql2",
+    :hooks      => "zeromq"
 }
 
 PACKAGES=GROUPS.keys
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ DISTRIBUTIONS={
             $nokogiri   => %w{gcc rake libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev patch},
             'xmlparser' => ['gcc', 'libexpat1-dev'],
             'thin'      => ['g++'],
-            'json'      => ['gcc']
+            'json'      => ['gcc'],
+            'zeromq'    => ['gcc', 'libzmq5', 'libzmq3-dev']
         },
         :install_command_interactive => 'apt-get install',
         :install_command => 'apt-get -y install',
@@ -86,7 +88,8 @@ DISTRIBUTIONS={
             $nokogiri   => %w{gcc rubygem-rake libxml2-devel libxslt-devel patch},
             'xmlparser' => ['gcc', 'expat-devel'],
             'thin'      => ['gcc-c++'],
-            'json'      => ['gcc']
+            'json'      => ['gcc'],
+            'zeromq'    => ['gcc', 'zeromq', 'zeromq-devel']
         },
         :install_command_interactive => 'yum install',
         :install_command => 'yum -y install',
@@ -306,9 +309,9 @@ def get_dependencies(gems, dependencies, check_command)
                 alt_pkg = nil
 
                 pkg.each do |p|
-                    `#{check_command} #{p} 2>/dev/null`
+                    out = `#{check_command} #{p} 2>/dev/null`
 
-                    if $?.exitstatus==0
+                    if $?.exitstatus==0 && !out.empty?
                         alt_pkg = p
                         break
                     end
@@ -371,7 +374,12 @@ def install_dependencies(gems, distro)
 
         command=install_command+" " << deps.join(' ')
         puts command
-        system command
+        rc = system command
+
+        if !rc
+            STDERR.puts 'Error installing dependencies'
+            exit(-1)
+        end
     end
 end