diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a8af629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pyparsing
+six
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dbc52442..f72b4bf1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
+with open('requirements.txt') as rf:
+    requirements = rf.readlines()
+
+with open('test-requirements.txt') as rf:
+    test_requirements = rf.readlines()
 
 with open('README.rst') as readme_file:
     readme = readme_file.read()
@@ -14,14 +19,6 @@
 with open('HISTORY.rst') as history_file:
     history = history_file.read()
 
-requirements = [
-    # TODO: put package requirements here
-]
-
-test_requirements = [
-    # TODO: put package test requirements here
-]
-
 setup(
     name='imcsdk',
     version='0.9.3.1',
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@
     package_dir={'imcsdk':
                  'imcsdk'},
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=['pyparsing'],
+    install_requires=requirements,
     license="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0",
     zip_safe=False,
     keywords='imcsdk',
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
     ],
-    tests_require=['nose'],
+    tests_require=test_requirements,
     test_suite='nose.collector',
     extras_require={
         'ssl': ['pyOpenSSL'],
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3c7e8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nose