diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d900998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+argparse
+nibabel>=2.5.1
+six
+scikit-learn
+bspline
+matplotlib
+numpy
+scipy>=1.3.2
+pandas>=0.25.3
+torch>=1.1.0
+sphinx-tabs
+pymc>=5.1.0
+arviz==0.13.0
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 24d23e60..7a183aa6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+
+def parse_requirements(filename):
+    """Load requirements from a pip requirements file."""
+    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        lineiter = (line.strip() for line in f)
+        return [line for line in lineiter if line and not line.startswith("#")]
+
+requirements = parse_requirements('requirements.txt')
+
 setup(name='pcntoolkit',
       version='0.29',
       description='Predictive Clinical Neuroscience toolkit',
@@ -8,19 +17,5 @@
       author_email='andre.marquand@donders.ru.nl',
       license='GNU GPLv3',
       packages=find_packages(),
-      install_requires=[
-          'argparse',
-          'nibabel>=2.5.1',
-          'six',
-          'scikit-learn',
-          'bspline',
-          'matplotlib',
-          'numpy',
-          'scipy>=1.3.2',
-          'pandas>=0.25.3',
-          'torch>=1.1.0',
-          'sphinx-tabs',
-          'pymc>=5.1.0',
-          'arviz==0.13.0'
-      ],
+      install_requires=requirements,
       zip_safe=False)