diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 03ccbe8d..f9b7b5b1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 monotonic>=0.3 # Apache-2.0
 pytz>=2013.6
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.12
-netifaces>=0.10.4
 debtcollector>=0.3.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 69305396..cfa7389f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ classifier =
 packages =
     oslo_utils
 
+[extras]
+netifaces =
+  netifaces>=0.10.4
+
 [pbr]
 warnerrors = true
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b94b3213..24284a1c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ envlist = py34,py27,pep8,bandit
 
 [testenv]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+       .[netifaces]
 commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:pep8]