diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c03917cdce..fc77c03d8c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures<2.0,>=1.3.1 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=1.2 # BSD
 os-win>=0.2.3 # Apache-2.0
+confluent-kafka>=0.11.6,<1.4.2; python_version<'3.0' # Apache-2.0
+confluent-kafka>=0.11.6; python_version>='3.0' # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging[kafka]!=9.0.0,>=5.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=2.15.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.vmware>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0