diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b54534a15cafcb1153bc463b21a4a55ea9d3566..39f2ac50cd4e3493c23b5c1b0226ed7b6c34c776 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ all:
 	@echo "Package requirements related targets"
 	@echo "requirements:            Install runtime requirements"
 	@echo "requirements-selftests:  Install runtime and selftests requirements"
+	@echo "requirements-plugins:    Install plugins requirements"
 	@echo
 	@echo "Platform independent distribution/installtion related targets:"
 	@echo "source:   Create source package"
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ requirements:
 requirements-selftests: requirements
 	- pip install -r requirements-selftests.txt
 
+requirements-plugins: requirements
+	for MAKEFILE in $(AVOCADO_PLUGINS);\
+		do AVOCADO_DIRNAME=$(AVOCADO_DIRNAME) make -C $$MAKEFILE requirements &>/dev/null && echo ">> DONE $$MAKEFILE" || echo ">> SKIP $$MAKEFILE";\
+	done
+
 smokecheck:
 	./scripts/avocado run passtest
 
diff --git a/docs/source/ContributionGuide.rst b/docs/source/ContributionGuide.rst
index a1d2413d8721a2e3bf47b2aa7eb4d32de1c8a5d0..45098883be830bb16164be30356836f7739644f4 100644
--- a/docs/source/ContributionGuide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/ContributionGuide.rst
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ available).
 Avocado supports various plugins, which are distributed as separate projects,
 for example "avocado-vt" and "avocado-virt". These also need to be
 deployed and linked in order to work properly with the avocado from
-sources (installed version works out of the box). To simplify this
-one can use `make link` Makefile target. The prerequisite is that you need
-to put all the projects in the same parent directory. Then by running
-`make link` inside the main avocado project you link and develop the
-separated projects as well as avocado itself. The workflow could be::
+sources (installed version works out of the box). To simplify this you can
+use `make requirements-plugins` from the main avocado project to install
+requirements of the plugins and `make link` to link and develop the
+plugins. The workflow could be::
 
     $ cd $AVOCADO_PROJECTS_DIR
     $ git clone $AVOCADO_GIT
     $ git clone $AVOCADO_PROJECT2
     $ # Add more projects
     $ cd avocado    # go into the main avocado project dir
+    $ make requirements-plugins
     $ make link
 
 You should see the process and status for each directory.