diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 205ae3d..924b98d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ python:
   - "3.8"
   - "3.8-dev"
 install:
-  - pip3 install mypy
+  - pip3 install mypy -r requirements.txt
 script:
   - pip3 freeze
   - mypy irctokens
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfa796f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pyyaml==5.3.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 579b2fe..c3843e1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 with open("VERSION", "r") as version_file:
     version = version_file.read().strip()
+with open("requirements.txt", "r") as requirements_file:
+    install_requires = requirements_file.read().splitlines()
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="irctokens",
@@ -25,4 +27,5 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "Topic :: Communications :: Chat :: Internet Relay Chat"
     ],
     python_requires='>=3.6'
+    install_requires=install_requires
 )