diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6d14604438..21af5e499a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Routes>=1.12.3
 amqplib>=0.6.1
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 argparse
+Babel>=0.9.6
 eventlet>=0.13.0
 greenlet>=0.3.2
 httplib2
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 617cf484d7..4029942db1 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 hacking>=0.5.6,<0.7
 
-Babel>=0.9.6
 cliff>=1.4
 coverage>=3.6
 discover