diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index 9761585..1f05f1c 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     virtualenv $VENV_DIR
     source ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
     python -m pip install salt${PIP_SALT_VERSION}
+    if [[ -f ${CURDIR}/test-requirements.txt ]]; then
+       python -m pip install -r ${CURDIR}/test-requirements.txt
+    fi
 }
 
 setup_mock_bin() {
diff --git a/tests/test-requirements.txt b/tests/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc7dc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+jsonschema
+reno
+setuptools<45.0.0
+msgpack<1.0.0