diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
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+# This file facilitates OpenStack-CI package installation
+# before the execution of any tests.
+#
+# See the following for details:
+#  - https://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/
+#  - https://opendev.org/opendev/bindep/
+#
+# Even if the role does not make use of this facility, it
+# is better to have this file empty, otherwise OpenStack-CI
+# will fall back to installing its default packages which
+# will potentially be detrimental to the tests executed.
+
+# The gcc compiler
+gcc
+
+# Base requirements for RPM distros
+gcc-c++           [platform:rpm]
+git               [platform:rpm]
+libffi-devel      [platform:rpm]
+openssl-devel     [platform:rpm]
+python-devel      [platform:rpm]
+python2-dnf       [platform:fedora]
+
+# For SELinux
+libselinux-python  [platform:rpm]
+libsemanage-python [platform:redhat]
+
+# Required for compressing collected log files in CI
+gzip
+
+# Required to build language docs
+gettext
+
+# Required for molecule testing
+docker
diff --git a/scripts/bindep-install b/scripts/bindep-install
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+## Shell Opts ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+set -o pipefail
+set -xeuo
+
+
+## Vars ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export BINDEP_FILE="${BINDEP_FILE:-$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))/../bindep.txt}"
+
+
+## Main ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Source distribution information
+source /etc/os-release || source /usr/lib/os-release
+RHT_PKG_MGR=$(command -v dnf || command -v yum)
+
+# NOTE(cloudnull): Get a list of packages to install with bindep. If packages
+#                  need to be installed, bindep exits with an exit code of 1.
+BINDEP_PKGS=$(bindep -b -f "${BINDEP_FILE}" test || true)
+
+if [[ ${#BINDEP_PKGS} > 0 ]]; then
+    case "${ID,,}" in
+        amzn|rhel|centos|fedora)
+            sudo "${RHT_PKG_MGR}" install -y ${BINDEP_PKGS}
+            ;;
+    esac
+fi