diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include Makefile
 include requirements.txt
+include requirements-swh.txt
 include version.txt
diff --git a/bin/swh-clones-producer b/bin/swh-clones-producer
--- a/bin/swh-clones-producer
+++ b/bin/swh-clones-producer
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
     return args
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = parse_args()
     conf = config.read(args.config or DEFAULT_CONF_FILE, DEFAULT_CONF)
diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+swh.core
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 celery
 psycopg2
 vcversioner
-swh.core