diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7d5a6f76..eb42425f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ all_files = 1
 
 [wheel]
 universal = 1
+
+[bdist_rpm]
+requires = python python-urllib3