diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 882b22ac0bc..1ff62853d02 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def run(self):
     'protobuf',
     'numpy',
     'six',
-    'typing>=3.6.4',
+    'typing>=3.6.4; python_version < "3.5"',
     'typing-extensions>=3.6.2.1',
 ])