--- a/pylib/mozautomation/mozautomation/commitparser.py
+++ b/pylib/mozautomation/mozautomation/commitparser.py
@@ -28,27 +28,30 @@ SPECIFIER = r'(?:r|a|sr|rs|ui-r)[=?]'
 R_SPECIFIER = r'\br[=?]'
 R_SPECIFIER_RE = re.compile(R_SPECIFIER)
 REQUAL_SPECIFIER_RE = re.compile(r'r=')
 RQUESTION_SPECIFIER_RE = re.compile(r'r\?')
 
 LIST = r'[;,\/\\]\s*'
 LIST_RE = re.compile(LIST)
 
-REVIEWER = r'[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+'         # this needs to match irc nicks
+# Note that we only allows a subset of legal IRC-nick characters.
+# Specifically we not allow [ \ ] ^ ` { | }
+IRC_NICK = r'[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+'          # this needs to match irc nicks
+BMO_IRC_NICK_RE = re.compile(':(' + IRC_NICK + ')')
 
 REVIEWERS_RE = re.compile(
     r'([\s\(\.\[;,])' +                 # before 'r' delimiter
     r'(' + SPECIFIER + r')' +           # flag
     r'(' +                              # capture all reviewers
-        REVIEWER +                      # reviewer
+        IRC_NICK +                      # reviewer
         r'(?:' +                        # additional reviewers
             LIST +                      # delimiter
             r'(?![a-z0-9\.\-]+[=?])' +  # don't extend match into next flag
-            REVIEWER +                  # reviewer
+            IRC_NICK +                  # reviewer
         r')*' +
     r')')                               # noqa
 
 BACKED_OUT_RE = re.compile('^backed out changeset (?P<node>[0-9a-f]{12}) ',
                            re.I)
 
 BACKOUT_RE = re.compile('^back\s?out (?P<node>[0-9a-f]{12}) ', re.I)
 

--- a/pylib/mozautomation/setup.py
+++ b/pylib/mozautomation/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-setup(name='mozautomation',
-      version='0.1',
-      description='Support packages for interacting with parts of Mozilla\'s automation infrastructure',
-      author='Mozilla Developer Services',
-      packages = ['mozautomation'],
+setup(
+    name='mozautomation',
+    version='0.2',
+    description="Support packages for interacting with parts of Mozilla's "
+                "automation infrastructure",
+    author='Mozilla Developer Services',
+    packages=['mozautomation'],
 )

--- a/pylib/mozreview/mozreview/bugzilla/models.py
+++ b/pylib/mozreview/mozreview/bugzilla/models.py
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 import datetime
 import logging
-import re
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import models, transaction
+from mozautomation.commitparser import BMO_IRC_NICK_RE
 from reviewboard.accounts.models import Profile
 from reviewboard.reviews.models import ReviewRequest
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# Note that Review Board only allows a subset of legal IRC-nick characters.
-# Specifically, Review Board does not allow [ \ ] ^ ` { | }
-# Anyone with those in their :ircnicks will have them truncated at the last
-# legal character.  Not great, but we can later implement a UI for letting
-# people change their usernames in Review Board.
-BZ_IRCNICK_RE = re.compile(':([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.]+)')
-
 
 class BugzillaUserMap(models.Model):
     """Holds Bugzilla-related data about Review Board users.
 
     This model is deprecated in favour of MozReviewUserProfile; please put
     any future user data there.
     """
     user = models.OneToOneField(User)
@@ -61,17 +53,17 @@ def get_or_create_bugzilla_users(user_da
     users = []
 
     for user in user_data['users']:
         bz_user_id = user['id']
         email = user['email']
         real_name = user['real_name']
         can_login = user['can_login']
 
-        ircnick_match = BZ_IRCNICK_RE.search(real_name)
+        ircnick_match = BMO_IRC_NICK_RE.search(real_name)
 
         if ircnick_match:
             username = ircnick_match.group(1)
         else:
             username = placeholder_username(email, bz_user_id)
 
         try:
             bugzilla_user_map = BugzillaUserMap.objects.get(

--- a/pylib/mozreview/setup.py
+++ b/pylib/mozreview/setup.py
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ from mozreview import get_package_versio
 
 setup(
     name='mozreview',
     version=get_package_version(),
     license='MIT',
     description='MozReview extension to Review Board',
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
-        'MozillaPulse'
+        'MozillaPulse',
+        'mozautomation>=0.2'
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
     ],
     entry_points={
         'reviewboard.extensions':
             '%s = mozreview.extension:MozReviewExtension' % 'mozreview',

--- a/pylib/rbbz/rbbz/auth.py
+++ b/pylib/rbbz/rbbz/auth.py
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@
 
 import logging
 
 from django.contrib.auth import logout
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from mozautomation.commitparser import BMO_IRC_NICK_RE
 from reviewboard.accounts.backends import AuthBackend
 from reviewboard.accounts.errors import UserQueryError
 
 from mozreview.bugzilla.client import Bugzilla
 from mozreview.bugzilla.errors import BugzillaError, BugzillaUrlError
 from mozreview.bugzilla.models import (
     BugzillaUserMap,
-    BZ_IRCNICK_RE,
     get_bugzilla_api_key,
     get_or_create_bugzilla_users,
 )
 from mozreview.errors import (
     BugzillaAPIKeyNeededError,
     WebLoginNeededError,
 )
 from rbbz.forms import BugzillaAuthSettingsForm
@@ -231,17 +231,17 @@ class BugzillaBackend(AuthBackend):
 
         try:
             # We don't want to auto populate just any user because Bugzilla has
             # over 300,000 users and most of them aren't relevant to MozReview.
             #
             # So, we only auto import users if they have IRC nick syntax or
             # if the search matches them exactly.
             def user_relevant(u):
-                if BZ_IRCNICK_RE.search(u['real_name']):
+                if BMO_IRC_NICK_RE.search(u['real_name']):
                     return True
                 if u['email'] == query:
                     return True
 
                 # This might allow too many users through. Let's not get too
                 # attached to this.
                 if u['real_name'] == query:
                     return True

--- a/pylib/rbbz/setup.py
+++ b/pylib/rbbz/setup.py
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 from reviewboard.extensions.packaging import setup
 
 PACKAGE = 'rbbz'
 VERSION = '0.2.9'
 
-setup(name=PACKAGE,
-      version=VERSION,
-      description='Review Board extension for Bugzilla support',
-      url='https://github.com/mozilla/rbbz',
-      author='Mark Cote',
-      author_email='mcote@mozilla.com',
-      license='MPL 2.0',
-      packages=['rbbz'],
-      entry_points={
-          'reviewboard.extensions':
-              '%s = rbbz.extension:BugzillaExtension' % PACKAGE,
-      }
+setup(
+    name=PACKAGE,
+    version=VERSION,
+    description='Review Board extension for Bugzilla support',
+    url='https://github.com/mozilla/rbbz',
+    author='Mark Cote',
+    author_email='mcote@mozilla.com',
+    license='MPL 2.0',
+    packages=['rbbz'],
+    install_requires=['mozautomation>=0.2'],
+    entry_points={
+        'reviewboard.extensions':
+        '%s = rbbz.extension:BugzillaExtension' % PACKAGE,
+    }
 )