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 +1,2 @@
+swh.core >= 0.0.28
+swh.storage.archiver >= 0.0.52
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 # remote storage API server
 flask
 
-# Internal dependencies
-swh.core >= 0.0.28
-swh.storage.archiver >= 0.0.52
 click
 
 # optional dependencies
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