diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fea0242acdd4..adefc9a82fdb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ nova/tests/cover/*
 nova/vcsversion.py
 tools/conf/nova.conf*
 doc/source/_static/nova.conf.sample
+
+ # Files created by releasenotes build
+releasenotes/build
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/.placeholder b/releasenotes/notes/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/_static/.placeholder b/releasenotes/source/_static/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/_templates/.placeholder b/releasenotes/source/_templates/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c402c617ee69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Nova Release Notes documentation build configuration file, created by
+# sphinx-quickstart on Thu Nov  5 11:50:32 2015.
+#
+# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
+# containing dir.
+#
+# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
+# autogenerated file.
+#
+# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
+# serve to show the default.
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
+
+# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
+#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
+extensions = [
+    'oslosphinx',
+    'reno.sphinxext',
+]
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+
+# The encoding of source files.
+#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = u'Nova Release Notes'
+copyright = u'2015, Nova developers'
+
+# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+# built documents.
+#
+from nova.version import version_info as nova_version
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = nova_version.canonical_version_string()
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
+release = nova_version.version_string_with_vcs()
+
+# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
+# for a list of supported languages.
+#language = None
+
+# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
+# non-false value, then it is used:
+#today = ''
+# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
+#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
+# documents.
+#default_role = None
+
+# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
+#add_function_parentheses = True
+
+# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
+# unit titles (such as .. function::).
+#add_module_names = True
+
+# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
+# output. They are ignored by default.
+#show_authors = False
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+
+# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
+#modindex_common_prefix = []
+
+# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
+#keep_warnings = False
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+html_theme = 'default'
+
+# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
+# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
+# documentation.
+#html_theme_options = {}
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
+#html_theme_path = []
+
+# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
+# "<project> v<release> documentation".
+#html_title = None
+
+# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
+#html_short_title = None
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
+# of the sidebar.
+#html_logo = None
+
+# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
+# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
+# pixels large.
+#html_favicon = None
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
+# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
+# directly to the root of the documentation.
+#html_extra_path = []
+
+# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
+# using the given strftime format.
+#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
+
+# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
+# typographically correct entities.
+#html_use_smartypants = True
+
+# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
+#html_sidebars = {}
+
+# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
+# template names.
+#html_additional_pages = {}
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#html_domain_indices = True
+
+# If false, no index is generated.
+#html_use_index = True
+
+# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
+#html_split_index = False
+
+# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
+#html_show_sourcelink = True
+
+# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+#html_show_sphinx = True
+
+# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+#html_show_copyright = True
+
+# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
+# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
+# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
+#html_use_opensearch = ''
+
+# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
+#html_file_suffix = None
+
+# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+htmlhelp_basename = 'NovaReleaseNotesdoc'
+
+
+# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
+
+latex_elements = {
+# The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
+#'papersize': 'letterpaper',
+
+# The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
+#'pointsize': '10pt',
+
+# Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
+#'preamble': '',
+}
+
+# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title,
+#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
+latex_documents = [
+  ('index', 'NovaReleaseNotes.tex', u'Nova Release Notes Documentation',
+   u'Nova developers', 'manual'),
+]
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
+# the title page.
+#latex_logo = None
+
+# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
+# not chapters.
+#latex_use_parts = False
+
+# If true, show page references after internal links.
+#latex_show_pagerefs = False
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+#latex_show_urls = False
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+#latex_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#latex_domain_indices = True
+
+
+# -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
+
+# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
+# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
+man_pages = [
+    ('index', 'novareleasenotes', u'Nova Release Notes Documentation',
+     [u'Nova developers'], 1)
+]
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+#man_show_urls = False
+
+
+# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
+
+# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title, author,
+#  dir menu entry, description, category)
+texinfo_documents = [
+  ('index', 'NovaReleaseNotes', u'Nova Release Notes Documentation',
+   u'Nova developers', 'NovaReleaseNotes', 'One line description of project.',
+   'Miscellaneous'),
+]
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+#texinfo_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#texinfo_domain_indices = True
+
+# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
+#texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
+
+# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node's menu.
+#texinfo_no_detailmenu = False
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/index.rst b/releasenotes/source/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f90cd5b1f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Welcome to Nova Release Notes documentation!
+==============================================
+
+Contents
+========
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   liberty
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`search`
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/liberty.rst b/releasenotes/source/liberty.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36217be84438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/liberty.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+==============================
+ Liberty Series Release Notes
+==============================
+
+.. release-notes::
+   :branch: origin/stable/liberty
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ef43dd255c69..db2f75b17040 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ bandit>=0.13.2
 
 # vmwareapi driver specific dependencies
 oslo.vmware>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+
+# releasenotes
+reno>=0.1.1  # Apache2
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c1388cd4923d..c7724d41a878 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ commands = {[testenv:docs]commands}
 [testenv:bandit]
 commands = bandit -c bandit.yaml -r nova -n 5 -ll
 
+[testenv:releasenotes]
+commands = sphinx-build -a -E -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
+
 [flake8]
 # E125 is deliberately excluded. See https://github.com/jcrocholl/pep8/issues/126
 # The rest of the ignores are TODOs
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ commands = bandit -c bandit.yaml -r nova -n 5 -ll
 # E251 Skipped due to https://github.com/jcrocholl/pep8/issues/301
 
 ignore = E121,E122,E123,E124,E125,E126,E127,E128,E129,E131,E251,H405
-exclude =  .venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*openstack/common/*,*lib/python*,*egg,build,tools/xenserver*
+exclude =  .venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*openstack/common/*,*lib/python*,*egg,build,tools/xenserver*,releasenotes
 # To get a list of functions that are more complex than 25, set max-complexity
 # to 25 and run 'tox -epep8'.
 # 34 is currently the most complex thing we have