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
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 def parse_requirements():
     requirements = []
-    with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-        for line in f.readlines():
-            line = line.strip()
-            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
-                continue
-            requirements.append(line)
-
+    for reqf in ('requirements.txt', 'requirements-swh.txt'):
+        with open(reqf) as f:
+            for line in f.readlines():
+                line = line.strip()
+                if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                    continue
+                requirements.append(line)
     return requirements