diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 24749992b..65536885a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ setup(
     author_email='tom@tomchristie.com',  # SEE NOTE BELOW (*)
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=[],
+    install_requires=["django>=1.11"],
     python_requires=">=3.5",
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[