diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6d6148fbf6009e9be3bb6d6e7f0b236d8030983a..206526c80281d6814bb68f085f914955ad5eefe3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ setup(
     },
     install_requires=[
         'stem==1.6.0.dev0',
-        'requests',
+        'requests[socks]',
     ],
     dependency_links=[
         "git+https://git.torproject.org/stem.git#egg=stem-1.6.0.dev0",