diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 942f537..92cfbd8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 _build
 doc/source/reference/api/
 doc/source/.doctrees/
+releasenotes/build/
 
 # Packages/installer info
 *.egg
diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 1afa771..0e4041a 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
       - openstack-lower-constraints-jobs
       - openstack-cover-jobs
       - publish-openstack-docs-pti
+      - release-notes-jobs-python3
     check:
       jobs:
         - metalsmith-integration-glance-localboot-centos7
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 8e56ab1..0457a2e 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
+reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2 # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-apidoc>=0.2.0  # BSD
 openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 0cbdc85..b77d1cb 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ python-ironicclient==1.14.0
 python-mimeparse==1.6.0
 pytz==2018.4
 PyYAML==3.12
+reno==2.5.0
 requests==2.18.4
 requestsexceptions==1.4.0
 restructuredtext-lint==1.1.3
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/.placeholder b/releasenotes/notes/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/initial-5afe4a5f6a13fa8e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/initial-5afe4a5f6a13fa8e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b0082c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/initial-5afe4a5f6a13fa8e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    This is the first release where release notes were introduced.
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/_static/.placeholder b/releasenotes/source/_static/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/_templates/.placeholder b/releasenotes/source/_templates/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8c78bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
+# containing dir.
+#
+# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
+# autogenerated file.
+#
+# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
+# serve to show the default.
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
+
+# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
+# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
+extensions = [
+    'reno.sphinxext',
+]
+
+try:
+    import openstackdocstheme
+    extensions.append('openstackdocstheme')
+except ImportError:
+    openstackdocstheme = None
+
+repository_name = 'openstack/metalsmith'
+bug_project = 'metalsmith'
+bug_tag = ''
+html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+
+# The encoding of source files.
+# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = u'MetalSmith Release Notes'
+copyright = u'2018, MetalSmith Developers'
+
+# Release notes are version independent.
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = ''
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
+release = ''
+
+# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
+# for a list of supported languages.
+# language = None
+
+# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
+# non-false value, then it is used:
+# today = ''
+# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
+# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
+# documents.
+# default_role = None
+
+# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
+# add_function_parentheses = True
+
+# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
+# unit titles (such as .. function::).
+# add_module_names = True
+
+# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
+# output. They are ignored by default.
+# show_authors = False
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+
+# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
+# modindex_common_prefix = []
+
+# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
+# keep_warnings = False
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+if openstackdocstheme is not None:
+    html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
+else:
+    html_theme = 'default'
+
+# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
+# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
+# documentation.
+# html_theme_options = {}
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
+# html_theme_path = []
+
+# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
+# "<project> v<release> documentation".
+# html_title = None
+
+# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
+# html_short_title = None
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
+# of the sidebar.
+# html_logo = None
+
+# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
+# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
+# pixels large.
+# html_favicon = None
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
+# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
+# directly to the root of the documentation.
+# html_extra_path = []
+
+# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
+# using the given strftime format.
+# html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
+
+# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
+# typographically correct entities.
+# html_use_smartypants = True
+
+# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
+# html_sidebars = {}
+
+# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
+# template names.
+# html_additional_pages = {}
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+# html_domain_indices = True
+
+# If false, no index is generated.
+# html_use_index = True
+
+# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
+# html_split_index = False
+
+# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
+# html_show_sourcelink = True
+
+# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+# html_show_sphinx = True
+
+# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+# html_show_copyright = True
+
+# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
+# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
+# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
+# html_use_opensearch = ''
+
+# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
+# html_file_suffix = None
+
+# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+htmlhelp_basename = 'MetalSmithReleaseNotesdoc'
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/index.rst b/releasenotes/source/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85a848f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+========================
+MetalSmith Release Notes
+========================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   unreleased
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/unreleased.rst b/releasenotes/source/unreleased.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..875030f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/unreleased.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+============================
+Current Series Release Notes
+============================
+
+.. release-notes::
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9395af0..f4b1822 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ deps =
 commands =
   sphinx-build -a -E -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
 
+[testenv:releasenotes]
+basepython = python3
+deps =
+  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt}
+  -r{toxinidir}/doc/joined-requirements.txt
+commands =
+  sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
+
 [testenv:lower-constraints]
 basepython = python3
 deps =