diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 4ac35e3b8d6049a9024a6e0c9bb6804900f82197..228e762d56f672d7b31ede2b2b92c77f9a126f3c 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ packages=['paddle',
 setup(name='paddle',
       version='${PADDLE_VERSION}',
       description='Parallel Distributed Deep Learning',
+      install_requires=[
+          "requests",
+      ],
       packages=packages,
       package_dir={
           '': '${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}'