diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index daf86a99..8ccc94b3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ setuptools.setup(name='pywb',
         long_description=open('README.md').read(),
         license='GPL',
         packages=['pywb'],
-        install_requires=['uwsgi', 'rfc3987', 'chardet', 'redis', 'jinja2'],
+        install_requires=['uwsgi', 'rfc3987', 'chardet', 'redis', 'jinja2', 'surt'],
         # test_suite='?',   # not sure how to run doctests here
         zip_safe=False)