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/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+swh.core >= 0.0.19
+swh.storage >= 0.0.76
+swh.model >= 0.0.11
+swh.scheduler >= 0.0.7
+swh.loader.core >= 0.0.12
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 # should match https://pypi.python.org/pypi names. For the full spec or
 # dependency lines, see https://pip.readthedocs.org/en/1.1/requirements.html
 vcversioner
-swh.core >= 0.0.19
-swh.storage >= 0.0.76
-swh.model >= 0.0.11
-swh.scheduler >= 0.0.7
-swh.loader.core >= 0.0.12
 click
 retrying
 python-dateutil
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 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