diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e9d5442f..155b4a25 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip
   - pip install $DJANGO
   - pip install -r requirements.txt
+  - pip install -r requirements_test.txt
   - pip install coveralls
 
 # command to run tests
diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..322b3793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+django-imperavi
+django-tinymce
+pytz
+Pillow
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7f678add..85bcfcb4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 except:
     REQUIREMENTS = None
 
+try:
+    TEST_REQUIREMENTS = open('requirements_test.txt').read()
+except:
+    TEST_REQUIREMENTS = None
+
+
 setup(
     name='django-newsletter',
     version="0.6-dev",
@@ -60,10 +66,5 @@
         'Topic :: Utilities'
     ),
     test_suite='runtests.runtests',
-    tests_require=(
-        'django-imperavi',
-        'django-tinymce',
-        'pytz',
-        'Pillow',
-    ),
+    tests_require=TEST_REQUIREMENTS
 )