diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/tox.ini b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/tox.ini
index ecc2529aa96a..684f93fddfb7 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/tox.ini
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/tox.ini
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ covercmd =
 
 [testenv]
 commands =
+    {[testing]localdeps}
     py.test --quiet {posargs} unit_tests
 deps =
     {[testing]deps}
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ deps =
 basepython =
     python2.7
 commands =
+    {[testing]localdeps}
     {[testing]covercmd}
 deps =
     {[testing]deps}