diff --git a/other-requirements.txt b/other-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..137d1393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/other-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This file facilitates OpenStack-CI package installation
+# before the execution of any tests.
+#
+# See the following for details:
+#  - http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/
+#  - https://github.com/openstack-infra/bindep
+#
+# Even if the role does not make use of this facility, it
+# is better to have this file empty, otherwise OpenStack-CI
+# will fall back to installing its default packages which
+# will potentially be detrimental to the tests executed.
+
+# OpenStack-CI's Jenkins needs curl
+# TODO(odyssey4me) remove this once https://review.openstack.org/288634 has merged
+# and the disk images are rebuilt and redeployed.
+curl
+apt-transport-https
+