diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 03865b755..415e42ac0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ To run the tests, clone the repository, and then:
     # Setup the virtual environment
     virtualenv env
     source env/bin/activate
+    pip install django
     pip install -r requirements.txt
 
     # Run the tests
diff --git a/docs/topics/contributing.md b/docs/topics/contributing.md
index c4ef0efdf..ed7717ae2 100644
--- a/docs/topics/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/topics/contributing.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ To run the tests, clone the repository, and then:
     # Setup the virtual environment
     virtualenv env
     source env/bin/activate
+    pip install django
     pip install -r requirements.txt
 
     # Run the tests