diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 8ae9ee107eac58f1a56c16e67cc477944b7f29a0..47b6cb403827499bbccdcf4efa8658705e4dfc11 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ Django Pydenticon can be installed through one of the following methods:
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-The main external requirement for Django Pydenticon is the `Pydenticon
-<https://github.com/azaghal/pydenticon>`_ library, which is used for generating
-the identicons.
+Django Pydenticon depends on the following Python packages:
+
+* `Django https://www.djangoproject.com/`_ web framework.
+* `Pydenticon <https://github.com/azaghal/pydenticon>`_ library, which is used for generating
+  the identicons.
 
 Using pip
 ---------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 289344801b2b80d99ccd51c7a4f849980302e2b5..daabf6b655f9ff89ef0dac3df31b93f72e1d687e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 README = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')).read()
-INSTALL_REQUIREMENTS = ["pydenticon"]
+INSTALL_REQUIREMENTS = ["pydenticon", "django"]
 TEST_REQUIREMENTS = []
 
 # allow setup.py to be run from any path