diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 5ce8ce98e8..54dd598528 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -865,6 +865,11 @@ ADVANCED_COMPONENT_TYPES = [
     'notes',
     'schoolyourself_review',
     'schoolyourself_lesson',
+
+    # Google Drive embedded components. These XBlocks allow one to
+    # embed public google drive documents and calendars within edX units
+    'google-document',
+    'google-calendar',
 ]
 
 # Adding components in this list will disable the creation of new problem for those
diff --git a/requirements/edx/github.txt b/requirements/edx/github.txt
index a4a8f8b1e8..f3a15e19a6 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/github.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/github.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@ git+https://github.com/mitocw/django-cas.git@60a5b8e5a62e63e0d5d224a87f0b489201a
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-milestones.git@547f2250ee49e73ce8d7ff4e78ecf1b049892510#egg=edx-milestones
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-search.git@264bb3317f98e9cb22b932aa11b89d0651fd741c#egg=edx-search
 git+https://github.com/edx/edx-lint.git@e0e73bcc7b3b7ed632a1db6e3b32b0a249721261#egg=edx_lint
+-e git+https://github.com/edx/xblock-utils.git@17e247d66fabb53f0453515b093a030ee345a1b0#egg=xblock-utils
+-e git+https://github.com/edx-solutions/xblock-google-drive.git@138e6fa0bf3a2013e904a085b9fed77dab7f3f21#egg=xblock-google-drive
+