diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3000040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-e git+https://github.com/thobbs/pure-sasl#egg=pure-sasl
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ec11219..e022992 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ deps =
     coverage
     pytest
     pytest-cov
-commands = py.test --cov pydle --cov-config .coveragerc --cov-report term-missing .
+commands =
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    py.test --cov pydle --cov-config .coveragerc --cov-report term-missing .
 
 [pytest]
 markers =