diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6bffbe2ae..0dc3e1d0d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ setup(
             "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing :: Traffic Generation",
             "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
         ],
-        install_requires=['tornado>=2.2.1'],
+        install_requires=['tornado>=2.2.1', "requests>=0.13"],
 )