diff --git a/other-requirements.txt b/other-requirements.txt
index 11dcac97..6eac5c23 100644
--- a/other-requirements.txt
+++ b/other-requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@
 # 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