diff --git a/etc/placement/config-generator.conf b/etc/placement/config-generator.conf
index 4df7f683d..dd7bf32a0 100644
--- a/etc/placement/config-generator.conf
+++ b/etc/placement/config-generator.conf
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ namespace = placement.conf
 namespace = keystonemiddleware.auth_token
 namespace = oslo.log
 namespace = oslo.middleware.cors
+namespace = osprofiler
 # FIXME(mriedem): There are likely other missing 3rd party oslo library
 # options that should show up in the placement.conf docs, like oslo.policy.
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 1b4d1249b..ace08119a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ gabbi>=1.35.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # placement functional tests
 wsgi-intercept>=1.7.0 # MIT License
+
+# needed to generate osprofiler config options
+osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0