diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d97a8754..e51ca340 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ python:
   - "2.7"
   - "pypy"
 install:
+  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.6 ]]; then pip install -r py26-requirements.txt; fi
   - pip install -r requirements.txt
-  - pip install pytest
+  #- pip install pytest  # installed by Travis by default already
 script:
   - py.test
diff --git a/py26-requirements.txt b/py26-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..222f989c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py26-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+unittest2
+importlib
+argparse
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index be09e74a..828827ab 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 redis
 times
-argparse