diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.rst b/docs/releasenotes.rst
index cc0cc10f6ef9f1917d8b37ab3f6e0acfc4eeebc0..06534562b376b366fc256aae4c79bcc7351738ee 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ Breaking changes:
     deprecated and removed. Existing roles should be updated to
     utilise the ``wsgi_requirements`` parameter instead.
 
+  * Added parameter ``wsgi_requirements_in`` for listing top-level
+    packages for performing pip requirements upgrade checks for
+    Gunicorn requirements (listed via existing ``wsgi_requirements``
+    parameter).
+
 * ``xmpp_server`` role
 
   * Use 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman parameters for relevant TLS
diff --git a/docs/rolereference.rst b/docs/rolereference.rst
index d6533036d645a4279c6886532bc37b42dd91ea7e..0676d0f631faed9a5c2ffd98860e95dad643df81 100644
--- a/docs/rolereference.rst
+++ b/docs/rolereference.rst
@@ -1900,6 +1900,13 @@ Parameters
   <https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools>`_ (the ``pip-compile`` utility) with
   ``gunicorn`` and ``futures`` in the ``.in.`` file.
 
+**wsgi_requirements_in** (list, optional, ``[ futures, gunicorn ]``)
+  List of top level packages to use when performing the pip
+  requirements upgrade checks for the Gunicorn requirements (listed
+  via ``wsgi_requirements`` parameter). For Python 3-based websites,
+  it should be sufficient to list only ``gunicorn`` (``futures`` is
+  required for Python 2).
+
 
 Distribution compatibility
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml b/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
index 55286751a2dbdc7344ddadd4387329affaaf92a4..de95ba0e22238da6ea187fb297611570a8ae1e7d 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ python_version: 2
 wsgi_requirements:
   - futures==3.3.0
   - gunicorn==19.10.0
+wsgi_requirements_in:
+  - futures
+  - gunicorn
 
 # Internal parameters.
 admin: "admin-{{ fqdn | replace('.', '_') }}"
diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/playbook.yml b/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/playbook.yml
index 55238a7ac667c52396594f2dcf933d86221419c1..fcac8e8344822bc0ba653e96eda332e9f33bb424 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/playbook.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
       wsgi_requirements:
         - futures==3.1.1
         - gunicorn==20.0.4
+      wsgi_requirements_in:
+        - gunicorn
       python_version: 3
 
     - role: wsgi_website
diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 9b9a20f4b76ae6d90a61435b7ca85f5a84fde247..82f5db009b7bad3f4585bb3107a2ee51135b98c4 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -541,12 +541,12 @@ def test_python_version_in_virtualenv(host, python_path, expected_version):
         assert expected_version in python_version.stdout or expected_version in python_version.stderr
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("fqdn, expected_packages", [
-    ("parameters-mandatory", ["futures==3.3.0", "gunicorn==19.10.0"]),
-    ("parameters-optional.local", ["futures==3.1.1", "gunicorn==20.0.4"]),
-    ("parameters-paste-req", ["futures==3.1.1", "gunicorn==19.8.1"]),
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("fqdn, expected_requirements_in, expected_requirements", [
+    ("parameters-mandatory", ["futures", "gunicorn"], ["futures==3.3.0", "gunicorn==19.10.0"]),
+    ("parameters-optional.local", ["gunicorn"], ["futures==3.1.1", "gunicorn==20.0.4"]),
+    ("parameters-paste-req", ["futures", "gunicorn"], ["futures==3.1.1", "gunicorn==19.8.1"]),
 ])
-def test_wsgi_requirements(host, fqdn, expected_packages):
+def test_wsgi_requirements(host, fqdn, expected_requirements_in, expected_requirements):
     """
     Tests if Python requirements files are set-up correctly (for both
     installation and upgrade checks).
@@ -564,7 +564,9 @@ def test_wsgi_requirements(host, fqdn, expected_packages):
         assert config.user == 'root'
         assert config.group == 'pipreqcheck'
         assert config.mode == 0o640
-        assert config.content_string == "futures\ngunicorn\n"
+
+        check_requirements_in = config.content_string.strip().split("\n")
+        assert check_requirements_in == expected_requirements_in
 
         config = host.file('/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/%s/wsgi_requirements.txt' % fqdn)
         assert config.is_file
@@ -572,8 +574,8 @@ def test_wsgi_requirements(host, fqdn, expected_packages):
         assert config.group == 'pipreqcheck'
         assert config.mode == 0o640
 
-        check_packages = config.content_string.strip().split("\n")
-        assert check_packages == expected_packages
+        check_requirements = config.content_string.strip().split("\n")
+        assert check_requirements == expected_requirements
 
         requirements = host.file('/var/www/%s/.wsgi_requirements.txt' % fqdn)
         assert requirements.is_file
@@ -581,5 +583,5 @@ def test_wsgi_requirements(host, fqdn, expected_packages):
         assert requirements.group == 'web-%s' % fqdn.replace(".", "_")
         assert requirements.mode == 0o640
 
-        install_packages = requirements.content_string.strip().split("\n")
-        assert install_packages == expected_packages
+        install_requirements = requirements.content_string.strip().split("\n")
+        assert install_requirements == expected_requirements
diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/templates/wsgi_requirements.in.j2 b/roles/wsgi_website/templates/wsgi_requirements.in.j2
index a1aba3a63a9245813ca7791e0047a7f5f8818988..8c70825d2e4366381cf24f3f97ef1c6dbcc57d29 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/templates/wsgi_requirements.in.j2
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/templates/wsgi_requirements.in.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-futures
-gunicorn
+{% for requirement in wsgi_requirements_in %}
+{{ requirement }}
+{% endfor %}