diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5f515bd319..6ef8d89288 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ keystonemiddleware>=4.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # Security checks
 bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+
+docutils  # OSI-Approved Open Source, Public Domain
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8a1b07fbf1..2cad7c3b7d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ commands =
   flake8 {posargs:swift test doc setup.py}
   flake8 --filename=swift* bin
   bandit -c bandit.yaml -r swift -n 5
+  python ./setup.py check --restructuredtext --strict
 
 [testenv:py3pep8]
 basepython = python3
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ commands =
   pip install flake8
   flake8 swift test doc setup.py
   flake8 --filename=swift* bin
+  python ./setup.py check --restructuredtext --strict
 
 [testenv:func]
 basepython = python2.7