diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8f7a7db..016c3e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ git+https://github.com/ikreymer/surt.git@py3
 # youtube_dl
 git+https://github.com/nlevitt/youtube-dl.git@brozzler
 git+https://github.com/seomoz/reppy.git
+requests
 # websocket-client
 git+https://github.com/nlevitt/websocket-client.git@tweaks