diff --git a/molecule-requirements.txt b/molecule-requirements.txt
index 6c0cb63..26c4f50 100644
--- a/molecule-requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+ansible
 docker
 molecule>=3.0,<3.1
diff --git a/scripts/run-local-test b/scripts/run-local-test
index a804b06..f584369 100644
--- a/scripts/run-local-test
+++ b/scripts/run-local-test
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ set -xeo
 
 export ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH="${ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH}:${HOME}/zuul-jobs/roles"
 export PROJECT_DIR="$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))/../"
+export UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE=${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:-"https://opendev.org/openstack/requirements/raw/branch/master/upper-constraints.txt"}
+
+function run_pip {
+    "${HOME}/test-python/bin/pip" install \
+                                  -c "${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE}" \
+                                  -r "${PROJECT_DIR}/molecule-requirements.txt" ${@:-}
+}
+
+# Create a virtual environment and install dependencies
+PYTHON_EXEC=$(command -v python3 || command -v python)
+"${PYTHON_EXEC}" -m virtualenv --system-site-packages "${HOME}/test-python"
+run_pip
+
 
 ansible-playbook -i "${PROJECT_DIR}/tests/hosts.ini" \
                  -e "tripleo_src=$(realpath --relative-to="${HOME}" "${PROJECT_DIR}")" \