diff --git a/pip_requirements.txt b/pip_requirements.txt
index 3b5904dc4..503bc3fcd 100644
--- a/pip_requirements.txt
+++ b/pip_requirements.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ django-secure==0.1.2
 mimeparse==0.1.3
 mock==1.0.1
 simplejson==2.3.0
+stripe==1.20.2
 
 # Docs
 sphinx-http-domain==0.2
diff --git a/readthedocs/settings/base.py b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
index d13778c4e..6da8d87ea 100644
--- a/readthedocs/settings/base.py
+++ b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ if LOG_DEBUG:
 GUARDIAN_RAISE_403 = True
 ANONYMOUS_USER_ID = -1
 
+# Stripe
+STRIPE_SECRET = None
+
 # RTD Settings
 REPO_LOCK_SECONDS = 30
 ALLOW_PRIVATE_REPOS = False