diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh
index 6e13c703..cc1fb2f0 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 WORK_DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
 OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME="$WORK_DIR/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()
 {
@@ -80,4 +86,3 @@ case "$1" in
     help) usage_message;;
     *) wrong_command $1;;
 esac
-
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements.apt.xenial b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements.apt.xenial
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29f6b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/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