diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3d3714c4f7..fb2cff2dc1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ install:
   - pip install coveralls
   - pip install codacy-coverage
   - pip install -e .
+  - pip install -r requirements_extra.txt
 
 before_script:
   - make format
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad5a889693..b8720800f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 - The `initial_setup.py` file can now be substituted in `settings.py` to customize 
   initial game database state. (volund)
 - Added new Traits contrib, converted and expanded from Ainneve project.
+- Added new `requirements_extra.txt` file for easily getting all optional dependencies.
 
 ### Already in master
 - `is_typeclass(obj (Object), exact (bool))` now defaults to exact=False
diff --git a/evennia/requirements_extra.txt b/evennia/requirements_extra.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..477e6f1cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/requirements_extra.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Requirements for features not active in Evennia by default, but needed for
+# extra functionality and options.
+
+
+# Crypto libraries for SSH support 
+cryptography >= 2.8
+pyasn1 >= 0.4.8
+bcrypt >= 3.1.7
+
+# Library for Telnet-SSL support
+pyopenssl >= 19.1
+
+# AWS-storage contrib 
+boto3 >= 1.4.4
+botocore >= 1.15