diff --git a/pactest/util.py b/pactest/util.py
index b24bfdc..6ee0051 100755
--- a/pactest/util.py
+++ b/pactest/util.py
@@ -196,7 +196,11 @@ def mkcfgfile(filename, root, option, db):
 def getmd5sum(filename):
     """
     """
-    fd = open(filename, "rb")
+    try :
+        fd = open(filename, "rb")
+    except :
+        print "could not find ", filename
+        return ""
     checksum = md5.new()
     while 1:
         block = fd.read(1048576)
@@ -223,7 +227,11 @@ def mkmd5sum(data):
 def getmtime(filename):
     """
     """
-    st = os.stat(filename)
+    try :
+        st = os.stat(filename)
+    except :
+        print "could not find ", filename
+        return 0
     return st[stat.ST_ATIME], st[stat.ST_MTIME], st[stat.ST_CTIME]
 
 def diffmtime(mt1, mt2):