diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b41cd50b..36fd2ca3e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # only included the relevent sets when running tox, and ensures
 # we are only ever declaring our dependencies in one place.
 
+-r requirements/requirements-necessary.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-optionals.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-testing.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-documentation.txt
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-necessary.txt b/requirements/requirements-necessary.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..363a6531e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/requirements-necessary.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Django>=1.8
\ No newline at end of file