diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9de1080..cf63060 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ config.yaml
 *.vdi
 .tox
 doc/build
+*egg*
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..380fdab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+PyYAML
+Pygments
+ansible
+bashate
+doc8
+docutils
+flake8
+oslosphinx
+pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
diff --git a/tests/hosts.test b/tests/hosts.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75474c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hosts.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[local]
+127.0.0.1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 968fb6a..40fa212 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,27 +5,19 @@ skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = False
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 
+[testenv:venv]
+commands = {posargs}
+
 [testenv:docs]
-deps =
-   Pygments
-   docutils
-   sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
-   pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
-   oslosphinx
 commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 
 [testenv:lint]
 whitelist_externals = bash
-deps =
-  ansible
-  bashate
-  doc8
-  flake8
-  PyYAML
 commands =
-  ansible-playbook --syntax-check playbook.yaml
+  ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i tests/hosts.test playbook.yaml
   bash -c "find {toxinidir} \
     \( -wholename \*/files/\*.sh -or \
     -wholename \*/scripts/\*.sh \) -print0 | \
@@ -36,4 +28,4 @@ commands =
 
 [flake8]
 show-source = True
-exclude=.venv,.git,.tox
+exclude=.venv,.git,.tox,*egg*