diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5dbd9abcd..cc7e45d8e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+argparse
 PyYAML
 python-jenkins
 pbr>=0.8.2,<1.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 94ee2bb0c..7c487591c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-argparse
 hacking>=0.5.6,<0.8
 coverage>=3.6
 discover