diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 066a2b5..d6c2c41 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
    nosetests --logging-format '%(asctime)-15s %(message)s' --with-xunit --xunit-file=nosetests-full.xml -sv tempest/api tempest/scenario tempest/thirdparty tempest/cli
    python -m tools/tempest_coverage -c report --html
 
+[testenv:venv]
+commands = {posargs}
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
+       -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires
+
 [testenv:pep8]
 commands = flake8
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires