diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 00c16f0..09abddf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ setuptools.setup(name='warcprox',
         long_description=open('README.md').read(),
         license='GPL',
         packages=['warcprox'],
-        install_requires=['pyopenssl', 'warctools'],  # gdbm/dbhash?
-        # >=2.0.1 for https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/pull/1636
-        tests_require=['requests>=2.0.1'],  
+        install_requires=['pyopenssl', 'warctools>=4.8.2'],  # gdbm/dbhash?
+        dependency_links=['git+https://github.com/nlevitt/warctools.git@tweaks#egg=warctools-4.8.2'],
+        tests_require=['requests>=2.0.1'],  # >=2.0.1 for https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/pull/1636
         scripts=['bin/dump-anydbm', 'bin/warcprox'],
         zip_safe=False,
         test_suite='warcprox.tests')