diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37893ec4..2e3a1973 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def generate_git_hash_py(pkg, filename='git_hash.py'):
 def load_requirements(filename):
     with open(filename, 'rt') as fh:
         requirements = fh.read().rstrip().split('\n')
+    return requirements
 
 
 def get_package_data():