diff --git a/requirements-dev-linux.txt b/requirements-dev-linux.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..616bbb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev-linux.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-r requirements-dev.txt
+
+# additional optional requirements for extensions available only on linux
+pyinotify
+
diff --git a/requirements-dev-py3-linux.txt b/requirements-dev-py3-linux.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a759c47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev-py3-linux.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-r requirements-dev-py3.txt
+
+# additional optional requirements for extensions available only on linux
+pyinotify
diff --git a/requirements-dev-py3.txt b/requirements-dev-py3.txt
index 8ced618d..e91d67f8 100644
--- a/requirements-dev-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev-py3.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ mock
 # Required for optional extensions (only the ones supported on py3)
 pystache
 pyYaml
-pyinotify
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index e7f24b5c..7eccafdb 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ pyYaml
 configobj
 pylibmc
 genshi
-pyinotify
diff --git a/scripts/travis.sh b/scripts/travis.sh
index b3c539cc..6d92c360 100755
--- a/scripts/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ fi
 
 PYCHECK=$(python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info > (3, 0))')
 if [ "$PYCHECK" == "True" ]; then
-    pip install -r requirements-dev-py3.txt --use-mirrors
+    pip install -r requirements-dev-py3-linux.txt --use-mirrors
 else
-    pip install -r requirements-dev.txt --use-mirrors
+    pip install -r requirements-dev-linux.txt --use-mirrors
 fi
 
 python setup.py nosetests
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/up.sh b/scripts/vagrant/up.sh
index 43ede6e1..5872ce6e 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant/up.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/up.sh
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ memcached &
 deactivate ||:
 
 source ~/.env/cement/bin/activate
-pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+pip install -r requirements-dev-linux.txt
 python setup.py develop
 
 source ~/.env/cement-py3/bin/activate
-pip install -r requirements-dev-py3.txt
+pip install -r requirements-dev-py3-linux.txt
 python setup.py develop