diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 72e8ffc0db..98253acf0c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *
+!requirements.txt
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ad33d3a10e..e981810545 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Makefile text
 *.svg text
 *.yml text
 *.patch text
+*.txt text
 
 # Binary files (no line-ending conversions)
 *.bz2 binary diff=hex
diff --git a/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md b/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md
index 8b728d1bb7..81a8789c4d 100644
--- a/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md
+++ b/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ Prerequisites
 - [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) (at least v6)
 - [Python](https://www.python.org)
 - [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
-- [Codespell](https://github.com/lucasdemarchi/codespell)
 - [curl](https://curl.haxx.se/)
-- [cpplint](https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint)
+
+```sh
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+You might need to run this with `sudo` or administrator permissions.
 
 ### Windows
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4de59197cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+codespell==1.9.2
+cpplint==1.3.0
+awscli==1.11.87
diff --git a/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-i686 b/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-i686
index 3d98de9687..2dc475a883 100644
--- a/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-i686
+++ b/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-i686
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ RUN npm config set spin=false
 RUN npm install -g uglify-es@3.0.3 electron-installer-debian@0.5.1
 
 # Python
-RUN pip install codespell==1.9.2 awscli cpplint
+COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-x86_64 b/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-x86_64
index df35bc3cf7..a340ebd687 100644
--- a/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-x86_64
+++ b/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile-x86_64
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ RUN npm config set spin=false
 RUN npm install -g uglify-es@3.0.3 electron-installer-debian@0.5.1
 
 # Python
-RUN pip install codespell==1.9.2 awscli cpplint
+COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile.template b/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile.template
index aa3b9598f4..e177b625ca 100644
--- a/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/scripts/build/docker/Dockerfile.template
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ RUN npm config set spin=false
 RUN npm install -g uglify-es@3.0.3 electron-installer-debian@0.5.1
 
 # Python
-RUN pip install codespell==1.9.2 awscli cpplint
+COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/scripts/ci/appveyor-install.bat b/scripts/ci/appveyor-install.bat
index 566ab03ec7..b9adad0d80 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/appveyor-install.bat
+++ b/scripts/ci/appveyor-install.bat
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ call choco install nsis -version 2.51 || ( EXIT /B 1 )
 call choco install jq || ( EXIT /B 1 )
 call choco install curl || ( EXIT /B 1 )
 
-call pip install codespell==1.9.2 awscli cpplint || ( EXIT /B 1 )
+call pip install -r requirements.txt || ( EXIT /B 1 )
 
 call make info || ( EXIT /B 1 )
 call make electron-develop || ( EXIT /B 1 )
diff --git a/scripts/ci/travis-install.sh b/scripts/ci/travis-install.sh
index 1b0019e7e0..16e741c9b1 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/travis-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/travis-install.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ else
 
   npm config set spin=false
   npm install -g uglify-es@3.0.3
-  pip install codespell==1.9.2 awscli cpplint
+  pip install -r requirements.txt
   brew install afsctool jq
   make info
   make electron-develop