diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee30cf86b..e17800a77 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ dist/*
 .tox
 .coverage
 *.pyc
+.noseids
+build/
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96e1d08d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+flask
+boto
+httpretty