diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_os_dependencies.sh b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_os_dependencies.sh
index aea9dec4..73069cd0 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_os_dependencies.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/install_os_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME="requirements.apt"
+VER=$(lsb_release -sr)
 
+if [ "$VER" == "16.04" ]; then
+  OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME="requirements.apt.xenial"
+else
+  OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME="requirements.apt"
+fi
 # Handle call with wrong command
 function wrong_command()
 {
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.apt.xenial b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.apt.xenial
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29f6b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.apt.xenial
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Ubuntu 14.04
+#build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++, 
+build-essential
+#required to translate
+gettext
+python-dev
+
+##shared dependencies of:
+##Pillow, pylibmc
+zlib1g-dev
+
+##Postgresql and psycopg2 dependencies
+libpq-dev
+
+##Pillow dependencies
+libtiff5-dev
+libjpeg8-dev
+libfreetype6-dev
+liblcms2-dev
+libwebp-dev
+
+
+##django-extensions
+graphviz-dev
+
+##hitch
+python-setuptools
+python3-dev
+python-virtualenv
+python-pip
+firefox
+automake
+libtool
+libreadline6
+libreadline6-dev
+libreadline-dev
+libsqlite3-dev
+libxml2
+libxml2-dev
+libssl-dev
+libbz2-dev
+wget
+curl
+llvm