diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 00d973cdf..32938ab23 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ django-oauth2-provider>=0.2.4
 
 # wheel for PyPI installs
 wheel==0.24.0
+# twine for secured PyPI uploads
+twine==1.4.0
 
 # MkDocs for documentation previews/deploys
 mkdocs==0.11.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index efe39d8d4..4cdcfa86e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
     if os.system("pip freeze | grep wheel"):
         print("wheel not installed.\nUse `pip install wheel`.\nExiting.")
         sys.exit()
-    os.system("python setup.py sdist upload")
-    os.system("python setup.py bdist_wheel upload")
+    if os.system("pip freeze | grep twine"):
+        print("twine not installed.\nUse `pip install twine`.\nExiting.")
+        sys.exit()
+    os.system("python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel")
+    os.system("twine upload dist/*")
     print("You probably want to also tag the version now:")
     print("  git tag -a %s -m 'version %s'" % (version, version))
     print("  git push --tags")