diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c0cfe85ab496949d06676e9a0cf1a9ee7068ed56..c13468b90f49a7745f678b7eddbfb6f110b27e16 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,9 +71,12 @@ setup(
         ]
     },
     install_requires=[
-        'stem',
+        'stem==1.6.0.dev0',
         'requests',
     ],
+    dependency_links=[
+        "git+https://git.torproject.org/stem.git#egg=stem-1.6.0.dev0",
+    ],
     extras_require={
         'dev': ['flake8'],
         'test': ['tox', 'pytest', 'coverage'],
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c69d03c1652704c82596c703b943f4c4436e5fdb..fba0d6568b866f5899d65f49beaa7885aaf6bf1a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ commands=
    coverage html
 
 [testenv]
+install_command =
+   pip install --process-dependency-links {opts} {packages}
 deps = .[test]
 commands =
    coverage run --rcfile={toxinidir}/.coveragerc --source=sbws -m pytest -s {toxinidir}/tests -vv