diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
index 8be4eb9da9..0a12555dfd 100644
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ nose
 nosexcover
 openstack.nose_plugin
 pep8==0.6.1
+sphinx>=1.1.2