diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/python-packages.nix
--- a/pkgs/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages.nix
@@ -1354,6 +1354,19 @@
       license = [ pkgs.lib.licenses.mit ];
     };
   };
+  pytest-sugar = super.buildPythonPackage {
+    name = "pytest-sugar-0.7.1";
+    buildInputs = with self; [];
+    doCheck = false;
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [pytest termcolor];
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/03/97/05d988b4fa870e7373e8ee4582408543b9ca2bd35c3c67b569369c6f9c49/pytest-sugar-0.7.1.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "7400f7c11f3d572b2c2a3b60352d35fe";
+    };
+    meta = {
+      license = [ pkgs.lib.licenses.bsdOriginal ];
+    };
+  };
   pytest-timeout = super.buildPythonPackage {
     name = "pytest-timeout-1.2.0";
     buildInputs = with self; [];
@@ -1499,7 +1512,7 @@
   };
   rhodecode-enterprise-ce = super.buildPythonPackage {
     name = "rhodecode-enterprise-ce-4.6.0";
-    buildInputs = with self; [WebTest configobj cssselect lxml mock pytest pytest-cov pytest-runner pytest-sugar];
+    buildInputs = with self; [pytest py pytest-runner pytest-catchlog pytest-cov pytest-profiling gprof2dot pytest-timeout pytest-sugar mock WebTest cov-core coverage cssselect lxml configobj];
     doCheck = true;
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [Babel Beaker FormEncode Mako Markdown MarkupSafe MySQL-python Paste PasteDeploy PasteScript Pygments pygments-markdown-lexer Pylons Pyro4 Routes SQLAlchemy Tempita URLObject WebError WebHelpers WebHelpers2 WebOb WebTest Whoosh alembic amqplib anyjson appenlight-client authomatic backport-ipaddress celery channelstream colander decorator deform docutils gevent gunicorn infrae.cache ipython iso8601 kombu msgpack-python packaging psycopg2 py-gfm pycrypto pycurl pyparsing pyramid pyramid-debugtoolbar pyramid-mako pyramid-beaker pysqlite python-dateutil python-ldap python-memcached python-pam recaptcha-client repoze.lru requests simplejson subprocess32 waitress zope.cachedescriptors dogpile.cache dogpile.core psutil py-bcrypt];
     src = ./.;
@@ -1637,6 +1650,19 @@
       license = [ { fullName = "BSD-derived (http://www.repoze.org/LICENSE.txt)"; } ];
     };
   };
+  termcolor = super.buildPythonPackage {
+    name = "termcolor-1.1.0";
+    buildInputs = with self; [];
+    doCheck = false;
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [];
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/8a/48/a76be51647d0eb9f10e2a4511bf3ffb8cc1e6b14e9e4fab46173aa79f981/termcolor-1.1.0.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "043e89644f8909d462fbbfa511c768df";
+    };
+    meta = {
+      license = [ pkgs.lib.licenses.mit ];
+    };
+  };
   traitlets = super.buildPythonPackage {
     name = "traitlets-4.3.1";
     buildInputs = with self; [];
@@ -1835,30 +1861,5 @@
 
 ### Test requirements
 
-  pytest-sugar = super.buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "pytest-sugar-0.7.1";
-    buildInputs = with self; [];
-    doCheck = false;
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [pytest termcolor];
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/03/97/05d988b4fa870e7373e8ee4582408543b9ca2bd35c3c67b569369c6f9c49/pytest-sugar-0.7.1.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "7400f7c11f3d572b2c2a3b60352d35fe";
-    };
-    meta = {
-      license = [ pkgs.lib.licenses.bsdOriginal ];
-    };
-  };
-  termcolor = super.buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "termcolor-1.1.0";
-    buildInputs = with self; [];
-    doCheck = false;
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [];
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/8a/48/a76be51647d0eb9f10e2a4511bf3ffb8cc1e6b14e9e4fab46173aa79f981/termcolor-1.1.0.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "043e89644f8909d462fbbfa511c768df";
-    };
-    meta = {
-      license = [ pkgs.lib.licenses.mit ];
-    };
-  };
+  
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -139,16 +139,4 @@ zope.event==4.0.3
 zope.interface==4.1.3
 
 # test related requirements
-pytest==3.0.5
-py==1.4.31
-pytest-runner==2.9.0
-pytest-catchlog==1.2.2
-pytest-cov==2.4.0
-pytest-profiling==1.2.2
-gprof2dot==2016.10.13
-pytest-timeout==1.2.0
-pytest-sugar==0.7.1
-mock==1.0.1
-WebTest==1.4.3
-cov-core==1.15.0
-coverage==3.7.1
+-r requirements_test.txt
diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+pytest==3.0.5
+py==1.4.31
+pytest-runner==2.9.0
+pytest-catchlog==1.2.2
+pytest-cov==2.4.0
+pytest-profiling==1.2.2
+gprof2dot==2016.10.13
+pytest-timeout==1.2.0
+pytest-sugar==0.7.1
+mock==1.0.1
+WebTest==1.4.3
+cov-core==1.15.0
+coverage==3.7.1
+cssselect==0.9.1
+lxml==3.4.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,11 +7,33 @@ import os
 import sys
 import platform
 
+from pip.download import PipSession
+from pip.req import parse_requirements
+
+
 if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     raise Exception('RhodeCode requires Python 2.7 or later')
 
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+try:
+    install_reqs = parse_requirements(
+        os.path.join(here, 'requirements.txt'), session=PipSession())
+except TypeError:
+    # try pip < 6.0.0, that doesn't support session
+    install_reqs = parse_requirements(
+        os.path.join(here, 'requirements.txt'))
+install_requirements = [str(ir.req) for ir in install_reqs]
+
+try:
+    test_reqs = parse_requirements(
+        os.path.join(here, 'requirements_test.txt'), session=PipSession())
+except TypeError:
+    # try pip < 6.0.0, that doesn't support session
+    test_reqs = parse_requirements(
+        os.path.join(here, 'requirements_test.txt'))
+extras = ['configobj']
+test_requirements = [str(ir.req) for ir in test_reqs] + extras
 
 
 def _get_meta_var(name, data, callback_handler=None):
@@ -115,17 +137,6 @@ else:
     requirements.append('psutil')
     requirements.append('py-bcrypt')
 
-test_requirements = [
-    'WebTest',
-    'configobj',
-    'cssselect',
-    'lxml',
-    'mock',
-    'pytest',
-    'pytest-cov',
-    'pytest-runner',
-    'pytest-sugar',
-]
 
 setup_requirements = [
     'PasteScript',