diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a5db71dd5..dcfbbea31 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ six
 ujson>=1.35
 sputnik>=0.9.2,<0.10.0
 dill>=0.2,<0.3
+requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 26f395ea5..2bbce9a37 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ def setup_package():
                 'pathlib',
                 'sputnik>=0.9.2,<0.10.0',
                 'ujson>=1.35',
-                'dill>=0.2,<0.3'],
+                'dill>=0.2,<0.3',
+                'requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0'],
             classifiers=[
                 'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
                 'Environment :: Console',