diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 27b22138e1..647a561585 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ cover
 .pydevproject
 doc/source/api/
 etc/heat/heat.conf.sample
+# integration tests requirements are auto-generated from stub file
+heat_integrationtests/requirements.txt
 
 # Files created by releasenotes build
-releasenotes/build
\ No newline at end of file
+releasenotes/build
diff --git a/heat_integrationtests/install-requirements b/heat_integrationtests/install-requirements
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a94d07b3c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/heat_integrationtests/install-requirements
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""Generate and install requirements from stub file and source files."""
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import pip
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Sync requirements.')
+parser.add_argument('--stub', metavar='STUBFILE',
+                    required=True,
+                    help="File with requirements stubs.")
+parser.add_argument('--source', metavar='SOURCE',
+                    required=True, action='append',
+                    help="Source file to sync requirements from. "
+                    "May be supplied several times.")
+parser.add_argument('-t', '--target', metavar='TARGET',
+                    required=True,
+                    help="Target file to write synced requirements to.")
+parser.add_argument('pipopts', metavar='PIP OPTIONS',
+                    nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
+                    help='Options to pass to "pip install".')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+sources = {}
+for requirements_file in args.source:
+    rqs = pip.req.req_file.parse_requirements(requirements_file,
+                                              session=False)
+    sources.update({s.name: s for s in rqs})
+stubs = list(pip.req.req_file.parse_requirements(args.stub,
+                                                 session=False))
+reqs = []
+for r in stubs:
+    if r.name in sources:
+        # safe-guard for future additions to stub file
+        if r.specifier:
+            sys.exit("ERROR: package '%(pkg)s' in stub file %(stub)s "
+                     "has version specified but is also present "
+                     "in provided sources requirements. "
+                     "Please remove version from the stub file." % {
+                         'pkg': r.name, 'stub': args.stub})
+        reqs.append(sources[r.name])
+    else:
+        reqs.append(r)
+
+with open(args.target, 'w') as target:
+    target.write('\n'.join([str(r.req) for r in reqs]))
+
+pip_install = ['pip', 'install', '-r', args.target]
+pip_install.extend(args.pipopts)
+
+sys.exit(subprocess.call(pip_install))
diff --git a/heat_integrationtests/requirements.stub b/heat_integrationtests/requirements.stub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55a6b27d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/heat_integrationtests/requirements.stub
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
+# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
+# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
+
+# These are stubs for requirements. This file must be processed with
+# heat_integrationtests/install-requirements to generate and install the real
+# requirements.txt where versions for packages present in
+# main project requirements will be synced from main requirements files.
+
+pbr
+kombu
+os-collect-config
+oslo.log
+oslo.messaging
+oslo.concurrency
+oslo.config
+oslo.utils
+paramiko
+python-ceilometerclient
+python-cinderclient
+python-keystoneclient
+python-heatclient
+python-neutronclient
+python-novaclient
+python-swiftclient
+PyYAML
+requests
+six
+testrepository
+testscenarios
+testtools
diff --git a/heat_integrationtests/requirements.txt b/heat_integrationtests/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e24571411..0000000000
--- a/heat_integrationtests/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
-# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
-# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-pbr<2.0,>=0.11
-kombu>=3.0.7
-os-collect-config # Apache-2.0
-oslo.log>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.messaging!=1.12.0,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.concurrency>=2.1.0
-oslo.config>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
-paramiko>=1.13.0
-python-ceilometerclient>=1.5.0
-python-cinderclient>=1.3.1
-python-keystoneclient>=1.6.0
-python-heatclient>=0.6.0
-python-neutronclient>=2.6.0
-python-novaclient>=2.29.0
-python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
-PyYAML>=3.1.0
-requests>=2.5.2
-six>=1.9.0
-testrepository>=0.0.18
-testscenarios>=0.4
-testtools>=1.4.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index a20adba6f0..39c8f8d4d4 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ mox3>=0.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2 # MIT License
 oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-paramiko>=1.16.0 # LGPL
 qpid-python;python_version=='2.7' # Apache-2.0
 psycopg2>=2.5 # LGPL/ZPL
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
@@ -21,3 +20,6 @@ testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 testresources>=0.2.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 reno>=0.1.1 # Apache2
+# Next two are used in integration tests only
+os-collect-config  # Apache-2.0
+paramiko>=1.16.0 # LGPL
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fce08e8935..5aa6adcf8f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          TESTR_START_DIR=heat_integrationtests
 passenv = OS_*
 usedevelop = False
-deps = -r{toxinidir}/heat_integrationtests/requirements.txt
+install_command = {toxinidir}/heat_integrationtests/install-requirements --stub {toxinidir}/heat_integrationtests/requirements.stub --source {toxinidir}/requirements.txt --source {toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt {packages} {opts}
+deps = -t{toxinidir}/heat_integrationtests/requirements.txt
 commands =
   bash tools/pretty_tox.sh '{posargs}'