diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index 91bc082..5708c76 100644
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 
 check-mypy:
 	@echo "no op - swh-docs does not need typechecking, skipping"
 
 all:
 	@echo Building the whole documentation from source code repositories
 	@echo available in ../ via tox. This can take a while.
 	@echo Please be patient.
 	tox -vv -r -e sphinx-dev
 
 pip-install-swh-dev:
+	python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 	python3 -m pip install pifpaf
 	sed 's/#.*$$//;/^$$/d' requirements-swh-dev.txt | \
 	while IFS= read -r package; do \
 	  python3 -m pip install $$package ; \
 	done