diff --git a/requirements-journal.txt b/requirements-journal.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-journal.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+swh.journal
diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 swh.core[db,http] >= 0.5
 swh.storage >= 0.11.1
-swh.journal
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@
     setup_requires=["setuptools-scm"],
     use_scm_version=True,
     install_requires=parse_requirements() + parse_requirements("swh"),
-    extras_require={"testing": parse_requirements("test")},
+    extras_require={
+        "testing": parse_requirements("test") + parse_requirements("journal"),
+        "journal": parse_requirements("journal"),
+    },
     include_package_data=True,
     entry_points="""
         [swh.cli.subcommands]