diff --git a/build/pkgs/tox/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/tox/checksums.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ae4ae99f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/tox/checksums.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+tarball=tox-VERSION.tar.gz
+sha1=a2a435c46cc0f03a55413506cb9d737e62d6047d
+md5=e3219ce6f0543141244b77cd701b0ea1
+cksum=2446556337
+upstream_url=https://pypi.io/packages/source/t/tox/tox-VERSION.tar.gz
diff --git a/build/pkgs/tox/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/tox/package-version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb9b76c9f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/tox/package-version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.20.0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/tox/requirements.txt b/build/pkgs/tox/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 053148f8486..00000000000
--- a/build/pkgs/tox/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-tox
diff --git a/build/pkgs/tox/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/tox/spkg-install.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..deba1bb42bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/tox/spkg-install.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cd src && sdh_pip_install .
diff --git a/build/pkgs/tox/type b/build/pkgs/tox/type
index 134d9bc32d5..a6a7b9cd726 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/tox/type
+++ b/build/pkgs/tox/type
@@ -1 +1 @@
-optional
+standard