diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index e8cd5fbb..83f339b3 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
 # see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
 
+libffi-devel [test platform:rpm]
+libffi-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
+openssl-devel [platform:rpm]