diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67fa4991a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libvirt-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libvirt-devel [platform:redhat]
+pkg-config [platform:dpkg]
+pkgconfig [platform:redhat]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9d6dffeb7..87600d3e2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
        -e{[tox]stxdir}/config/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client
        docutils
        keyring===18.0.1
+       pkgconfig
        libvirt-python
        oslo_i18n
        oslo_log