diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e69de29b..f2293605 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+requests
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e46584f7..9a636556 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ long_description = f.read().strip()
 f.close()
 
 install_requires = [
+    'requests',
 ]
 test_requires = [
     'nose',