diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51cf821..27794ca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def fake_detect_pylon_osx(pylon_dir='/Library/Frameworks/pylon.framework'):
       cmdclass={'build_ext': build_ext},
       ext_modules=pypylon_extensions,
       packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests', 'examples', 'cython']),
+      install_requires=['Cython', 'numpy', 'tqdm'],
 
       # for the classifiers review see:
       # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers