diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc2ecab379..30b9533ac9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ target/
 /www/output/
 /generated/
 /doc/user-guides/build-admin/
+.doctrees
 build/
 /build-*.log.gz
 glossary.rst
+*.mo
 
 # Python compiled files
 *.pyc
diff --git a/doc-tools-check-languages.conf b/doc-tools-check-languages.conf
index b7c657d0c7..86b52ccf63 100644
--- a/doc-tools-check-languages.conf
+++ b/doc-tools-check-languages.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ declare -A DIRECTORIES=(
 # books to be built
 declare -A BOOKS=(
     ["fr"]="image-guide"
-    ["ja"]="image-guide install-guide"
+    ["ja"]="image-guide install-guide user-guides"
     ["pt_BR"]="install-guide"
     ["zh_CN"]="arch-design image-guide install-guide"
 )
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ POM_FILE="doc/pom.xml"
 # Location of doc dir
 DOC_DIR="doc/"
 
+# Draft books
+declare -A DRAFTS=(
+    ["ja"]="user-guides"
+)
+
 # Books with special handling
 # Values need to match content in project-config/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh
-declare -A SPECIAL_BOOKS
-SPECIAL_BOOKS=(
+declare -A SPECIAL_BOOKS=(
     ["user-guides"]="RST"
     ["networking-guide"]="RST"
 )
diff --git a/doc/user-guides/source/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/user-guides.po b/doc/user-guides/source/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/user-guides.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/user-guides/source/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/user-guides.po
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 980cc2e532..ed3b11fcae 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ hacking>=0.10.0,<0.11
 
 beautifulsoup4
 Jinja2>=2.6  # BSD License (3 clause)
-openstack-doc-tools>=0.25
+openstack-doc-tools>=0.26
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 openstackdocstheme>=1.0.7
 doc8  # Apache-2.0