diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03852067743acecf0989e14f60bef02c90a7b19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include LICENSE
+include README.md
+include requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19bdec4c664d2c8f2068199d2e0bcc2717bad0f7..1fea7ea6727bb5582313269d86ba3cbce94309a4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ setup(name=u'CoolAMQP',
       license=u'MIT License',
       long_description=u'''Pure Python AMQP client, but with dynamic class generation and memoryviews FOR THE GODSPEED.
 
-Also, handles your reconnects and transactionality THE RIGHT WAY''',
-      requires=['six', 'monotonic', 'futures'],
+Also, handles your reconnects and transactionality THE RIGHT WAY, though somewhat opinionated''',
+      install_requires=['six', 'monotonic', 'futures'],
       tests_require=["nose", 'coverage', 'codeclimate-test-reporter'],
       test_suite='nose.collector',
       classifiers=[