diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53fca8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# 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.
+
+# For generating sphinx documentation
+doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
+
+# For autodoc builds
+mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
+oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
+requests-mock>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+python-memcached>=1.56 # PSF
+WebTest>=2.0.27 # MIT
+oslo.messaging>=5.29.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 413cea48..eae2aa1d 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,15 +7,11 @@ flake8-docstrings==0.2.1.post1 # MIT
 
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 cryptography!=2.0,>=1.9 # BSD/Apache-2.0
-doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
-docutils>=0.11 # OSI-Approved Open Source, Public Domain
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
-openstackdocstheme>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests-mock>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c0a99df2..1292b2e5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ show-source = True
 exclude = .venv,.tox,dist,doc,*egg,build
 
 [testenv:docs]
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands=
     doc8 doc/source
     python setup.py build_sphinx
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands = sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
 
 [hacking]