diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 85a3296382c1a750b136135f417f69eccbc59200..1d358f76819cd1b5f8577f3fac82d0dc956e068e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name='bedtools',
-    install_requires=['numpy', 'matplotlib'],
+    requires=['numpy', 'matplotlib'],
     )