diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/pyproject.toml b/opentelemetry-distro/pyproject.toml
index 43c646b1d9..6872aa49c8 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-distro/pyproject.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ dependencies = [
 otlp = [
   "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp == 1.24.0.dev",
 ]
-test = []
 
 [project.entry-points.opentelemetry_configurator]
 configurator = "opentelemetry.distro:OpenTelemetryConfigurator"
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/test-requirements.txt b/opentelemetry-distro/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..978389dc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+asgiref==3.7.2
+attrs==23.2.0
+Deprecated==1.2.14
+importlib-metadata==6.11.0
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+packaging==23.2
+pluggy==1.4.0
+py==1.11.0
+py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
+pytest==7.1.3
+pytest-benchmark==4.0.0
+tomli==2.0.1
+typing_extensions==4.10.0
+wrapt==1.16.0
+zipp==3.17.0
+-e opentelemetry-instrumentation
+-e opentelemetry-distro
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 07e94f58d1..955ea312cd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ commands_pre =
 
   opentelemetry-instrumentation: pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation/test-requirements.txt
 
-  distro: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro
+  distro: pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro/test-requirements.txt
 
   asgi: pip install -r {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/test-requirements.txt
 
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ commands_pre =
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/test-requirements.txt
-  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro[test]
+  pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro/test-requirements.txt
 
 commands =
   python scripts/eachdist.py lint --check-only