diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59710e0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed for
+# install and tests
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+multipath-utils [platform:dpkg rpm]
+sg3-utils [platform:dpkg]
+sg3_utils [platform:rpm]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 51bfd84ef..f3183e341 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -81,3 +81,14 @@ max-complexity=30
 
 [hacking]
 import_exceptions = os_brick.i18n
+
+[testenv:bindep]
+# Do not install any requirements. We want this to be fast and work even if
+# system dependencies are missing, since it's used to tell you what system
+# dependencies are missing! This also means that bindep must be installed
+# separately, outside of the requirements files, and develop mode disabled
+# explicitly to avoid unnecessarily installing the checked-out repo too (this
+# further relies on "tox.skipsdist = True" above).
+deps = bindep
+commands = bindep test
+usedevelop = False