diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c1b238ac..ec7ec49d 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ flake8>=2.5.4,<2.6.0  # MIT
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3  # BSD
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0,!=3.4.0  # Apache-2.0
-reno>=1.6.2 # Apache-2.0
+doc8 # Apache-2.0
+reno>=1.6.2 # Apache-2.0
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diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 76a77222..e2607e85 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ setenv =
 [testenv:docs]
 commands=
     bash -c "rm -rf doc/build"
+    doc8 doc
     python setup.py build_sphinx
 
 
+[doc8]
+# Settings for doc8:
+extensions = .rst
+
+
 [testenv:releasenotes]
 # NOTE(sdague): this target does not use constraints because
 # upstream infra does not yet support it. Once that's fixed, we can