diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index c6b2cce7bf..5c6384fed4 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sqlalchemy>=0.7.8,<=0.7.99
 WebOb>=1.2
 python-keystoneclient>=0.2.0
 alembic>=0.4.1
-oslo.config>=1.1.0
+http://tarballs.openstack.org/oslo.config/oslo.config-1.2.0a2.tar.gz#egg=oslo.config
 
 # Cisco plugin dependencies
 python-novaclient