diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da35f8e..0dcd3d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ dist/
 myria_python.egg-info/
 .idea
 .scripttest*txt
+requests-*.egg/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73cf710..ce80784 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     url='https://github.com/uwescience/myria',
     description='Python interface for Myria.',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    setup_requires=["requests"],
     # see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18578439
     install_requires=["pip >= 1.5.6", "pyOpenSSL >= 0.14", "ndg-httpsclient",
                       "pyasn1", "requests", "requests_toolbelt",