diff --git a/test/runner/requirements/units.txt b/test/runner/requirements/units.txt
index 0cbee13b390..910fda972ff 100644
--- a/test/runner/requirements/units.txt
+++ b/test/runner/requirements/units.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pytest-xdist
 python-memcached
 pyyaml
 redis
+requests
 setuptools > 0.6 # pytest-xdist installed via requirements does not work with very old setuptools (sanity_ok)
 unittest2 ; python_version < '2.7'
 netaddr