diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8c3dfee83f..847d6f4cc3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ from swift import __canonical_version__ as version
 name = 'swift'
 
 
+with open('tools/pip-requires', 'r') as f:
+    requires = [x.strip() for x in f if x.strip()]
+
+
 setup(
     name=name,
     version=version,
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ setup(
         'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)',
         'Environment :: OpenStack',
     ],
-    install_requires=[],  # removed for better compat
+    install_requires=requires,
     scripts=[
         'bin/swift-account-audit',
         'bin/swift-account-auditor',
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 3647e235ea..b47f62d08c 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-eventlet==0.9.15
-greenlet==0.3.1
-netifaces==0.6
-pastedeploy==1.3.3
-simplejson==2.0.9
-xattr==0.4
+eventlet>=0.9.15
+greenlet>=0.3.1
+netifaces>=0.6
+pastedeploy>=1.3.3
+simplejson>=2.0.9
+xattr>=0.4
 python-swiftclient