diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 97f779485231..d30cfb77e1c8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ rfc3986>=0.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=1.2.0,!=2.0.0                  # Apache-2.0
 psutil>=1.1.1,<2.0.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.3.0
+alembic>=0.7.2