diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abccca0f2..eb1d17c25 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ setup(
         "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-angular-sdk/tarball/v0.6.0/#egg=matrix_angular_sdk-0.6.0",
     ],
     setup_requires=[
+        "Twisted==14.0.2", # Here to override setuptools_trial's dependency on Twisted>=2.4.0
         "setuptools_trial",
         "setuptools>=1.0.0", # Needs setuptools that supports git+ssh.
                              # TODO: Do we need this now? we don't use git+ssh.