diff --git a/other-requirements.txt b/other-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11d72bce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/other-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+xfsprogs [platform:rpm test]
+qemu-img [platform:rpm test]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 22adfd1e9..74f6ce03f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
+[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.
+deps = bindep
+commands = bindep test
+
 [testenv:pep8]
 commands = flake8