diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index e69de29..7cdd58e 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+libxml2-devel [test platform:rpm]
+libxml2-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+libxslt-devel [test platform:rpm]
+libxslt1-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+ruby-devel [test platform:rpm]
+ruby-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+zlib1g-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+zlib-devel [test platform:rpm]
diff --git a/moduleroot/bindep.txt b/moduleroot/bindep.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cdd58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moduleroot/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+libxml2-devel [test platform:rpm]
+libxml2-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+libxslt-devel [test platform:rpm]
+libxslt1-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+ruby-devel [test platform:rpm]
+ruby-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+zlib1g-dev [test platform:dpkg]
+zlib-devel [test platform:rpm]